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Peromyscus dentalis
Taxonomy
Peromyscus dentalis was named by Hall (1930). Its type specimen is UCCVP 29636, a mandible (dext with m1, m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fish Lake Valley, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Esmeralda Formation of Nevada.
It was recombined as Copemys dentalis by Clark et al. (1964), Whistler and Burbank (1992).
It was recombined as Copemys dentalis by Clark et al. (1964), Whistler and Burbank (1992).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1930 | Peromyscus dentalis Hall |
| 1964 | Copemys dentalis Clark et al. |
| 1967 | Peromyscus dentalis Shotwell |
| 1992 | Copemys dentalis Whistler and Burbank |
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†Peromyscus dentalis Hall 1930
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. R. Hall 1930 | Size about as in Peromyscus maniculatus gambeli; masseteric fossa well defined; space between coronoid process and m3 wide and including deep fossa; horizontal ramus thick, especially at diastema; lower teeth wide, without accessory tubercles, and principal cusps low; m3 large; m2 large relative to m1. |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008 | |||||
Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Hemphillian or 16.30000 to 4.70000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Barstovian | USA (California) | Peromyscus dentalis (19392) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (California) | Copemys dentalis (19322 19323 19384 19517) Peromyscus dentalis (19145) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Nevada) | Peromyscus dentalis (18845 type locality: 18888) | |
| Clarendonian | USA (Oregon) | Peromyscus dentalis (18820 18831) | |
| Hemphillian | USA (California) | Copemys dentalis (19309) |