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Neotoma fossilis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Neotoma fossilis was named by Gidley (1922) [assigned to subgenus Paraneotoma by Tomida 1987]. Its type specimen is USNM 10524, a partial skull (Portion of a right maxillary carrying the anterior cheek tooth and the alveoli for middle cheek tooth), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Neotoma fossilis Gidley p. 126 figs. Plate XXXV , figures 8-10
1980Neotoma fossilis Kurten and Anderson p. 252

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusNeotomaSay and Ord 1825
speciesfossilis

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.

†Neotoma fossilis Gidley 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:47:31
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:47:31
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Blancan or 4.90000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) Neotoma sawrockensis (20060)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (California) Neotoma fossilis (19705 19736 19737 19738 19739 19740 28237) Neotoma sp. (19735) Paraneotoma fossilis (19721 19725 19726)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) Neotoma fossilis (19624 19628 19654)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Washington) Paraneotoma fossilis (20062)