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Balantiomys coloradensis
Discussion
Largest species of the genus; crownheight similar to that of Balantiomys nebraskensis Korth, 1997 (p4: ht/W 0.33; m1: ht/W 0.36), lower than B. borealis (Storer 1970), higher the Balantiomys oregonensis (Gazin, 1932); protocone on P4 ovate as in B. oregonensis.
Taxonomy
Balantiomys coloradensis was named by Korth and Kron (2020). Its type specimen is UCM 52126, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2020 | Balantiomys coloradensis Korth and Kron fig. 17 |
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†Balantiomys coloradensis Korth and Kron 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available