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Onychomys gidleyi
Taxonomy
Onychomys gidleyi was named by Hibbard (1941). Its type specimen is KUMVP 4670, a mandible (sin with i1, m1-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rexroad KU Locality 3, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1941 | Onychomys gidleyi Hibbard |
1980 | Onychomys gidleyi Kurten and Anderson p. 249 |
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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.
†Onychomys gidleyi Hibbard 1941
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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C. W. Hibbard 1941 | A grasshopper mouse the size of Onychomys leucogaster arcticeps (Rhoads). Cusps not as high and entostylids better developed. Posterior lobe of m3, consisting of hypoconid and entoconid, larger and slightly lower than anterior cusps; more so than in recent species. Mental foramen situated farther down on the side of the ramus than in Onychomys leucogaster. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range: Blancan or 4.90000 to 1.80000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Blancan | USA (California) | Onychomys gidleyi (19715) | |
Blancan | USA (Texas) | Onychomys gidleyi (20060) | |
Blancan | USA (Kansas) | Onychomys gidleyi (19931 19935 type locality: 19936 19940) Onychomys larrabeei (19922) |