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Neotoma spelaea

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Parahodomys spelaeus was named by Gidley and Gazin (1933) [genotype]. Its type specimen is USNM 12040, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cumberland Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Maryland.

It was recombined as Neotoma spelaea by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Zakrzewski (1993), Eshelman et al. (2025).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. pinckneyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Parahodomys spelaeus Gidley and Gazin p. 356
1980Neotoma spelaea Kurten and Anderson p. 252
1993Neotoma spelaea Zakrzewski
2025Neotoma spelaea Eshelman et al. p. 103

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

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 spelaea Gidley and Gazin 1933
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008

Age range: Irvingtonian or 1.40000 to 0.21000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Neotoma spelaea (123875)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Parahodomys spelaeus, Parahodomys spelaea (type locality: 20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (West Virginia) Neotoma spelaea (20555)