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Heosminthus teredens

Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae

Taxonomy
Heosminthus teredens was named by Calede et al. (2022). Its type specimen is UMPC 2247, a partial skull (partial skull with right I-M2 and left I-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Heosminthus teredens Calede et al. p. 4 figs. 1-4

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyDipodoideaFischer 1817
familyDipodidaeWaterhouse 1842
genusHeosminthusWang 1985
speciesteredens

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.

†Heosminthus teredens Calede et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. J. M. Calede et al. 2022Larger species than H. borrae, H. chimidae, H. primiveris and H. nomogenesis, but smaller than Heosminthus sp. from the Valley of Lakes (Daxner-Höck et al. 2014); anteroloph of M1 long unlike in H. primiveris and H. nomogenesis; anterocone of M1 present as a swollen part of the anteroloph unlike in H. primiveris and H. borrae; anteroconid of m1 located on the base of the metaconid unlike in H. primiveris, H. nomogenesis and H. chimidae; metaconid of m2 connecting to protoconid or anterior arm of the protoconid unlike in H. nomogenesis and H. chimidae; posterior arm of protoconid of m2 complete and connecting to the metaconid unlike in H. borrae; anterior spur of hypoconulid of m2 absent unlike in H. primiveris; mesoloph of M3 long unlike in H. nomogenesis; connection between anteromedial cusp and posterior ridge of P4 present unlike in H. borrae and H. chimidae.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:22:15
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available