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Liodontia bathypotamos

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Taxonomy
Liodontia bathypotamos was named by Hopkins (2019). It is not extant. Its type specimen is UWBM 43863, a partial skull (a partial skull with R and L P4–M3, missing basicranium, anterior part of rostrum, and zygomatic arches). Its type locality is Spring Creek 1 (Level 1), which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Deep River Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Liodontia bathypotamos Hopkins

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familyAplodontidaeBrandt 1855
genusLiodontiaMiller and Gidley 1918
speciesbathypotamos

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.

†Liodontia bathypotamos Hopkins 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 12:56:39
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Arikareean to the top of the Barstovian or 29.50000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) Liodontia bathypotamos (type locality: 17695)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian18.5 - 12.5USA (Montana) Liodontia bathypotamos (19084)