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Korthomys formicarum
Taxonomy
Mookomys formicorum was named by Wood (1935) ["formicorum" (gender later corrected by Sutton and Korth 1995)]. Its type specimen is CM 10177 and is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Korthomys.
It was recombined as Perognathus formicarum by Reeder (1956); it was recombined as Proheteromys formicarum by Korth (1994); it was corrected as Mookomys formicarum by Sutton and Korth (1995); it was recombined as Korthomys formicarum by Lindsay and Reynolds (2008).
It was recombined as Perognathus formicarum by Reeder (1956); it was recombined as Proheteromys formicarum by Korth (1994); it was corrected as Mookomys formicarum by Sutton and Korth (1995); it was recombined as Korthomys formicarum by Lindsay and Reynolds (2008).
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by J. Marcot on 2026-05-03; modified by J. Marcot on 2026-05-03
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1935 | Mookomys formicorum Wood p. 89 figs. Figure 8 |
| 1956 | Perognathus formicarum Reeder |
| 1994 | Proheteromys formicarum Korth |
| 1995 | Mookomys formicarum Sutton and Korth pp. 287 - 288 figs. Figure 9F |
| 2008 | Korthomys formicarum Lindsay and Reynolds p. 219 figs. Figures 4 and 5 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Korthomys formicarum Wood 1935
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available