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Peromyscus antiquus

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Discussion

Original description includes both UCMP 12571 (a left ramus with broken incisor and m1-m3) and UCMP 12572 (a right ramus with incisor) as co-types

Taxonomy
Peromyscus antiquus was named by Kellogg (1910). Its type specimen is UCMP 12571, a mandible (left mandible with broken incisor, m1-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Thousand Creek Formation, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Thousand Creek Formation of Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. boylei
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by P. Holroyd on 2023-08-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Peromyscus antiquus Kellogg

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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()
orderRodentia
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyNeotominaeMerriam 1894
tribePeromyscini
genusPeromyscusGloger 1841
speciesantiquus

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.

†Peromyscus antiquus Kellogg 1910
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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 12:49:28
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:49:28
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Hemphillian to the top of the Miocene or 9.40000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Nevada) Peromyscus antiquus (19030)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nevada) Peromyscus antiquus (19057 type locality: 19095)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Oregon) Peromyscus antiquus (18807 18944 18970)