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Onychomys hollisteri

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Onychomys hollisteri was named by Carleton and Eshelman (1979). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Borchers, which is in a Gelasian terrestrial siltstone in the Crooked Creek Formation of Kansas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. larabeei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Onychomys hollisteri Carleton and Eshelman

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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
genusOnychomysBaird 1858
specieshollisteri

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 hollisteri Carleton and Eshelman 1979
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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 12:48:07
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:48:07
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Irvingtonian or 2.58000 to 0.21000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Onychomys hollisteri (type locality: 19927)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Onychomys hollisteri (20427)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Onychomys sp. (20560)