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Pseudocylindrodon pintoensis

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae

Taxonomy
Jaywilsonomys pintoensis was named by Ferrusquia and Wood (1969). Its type locality is Rancho Gaitan, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Preitos Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Pseudocylindrodon pintoensis by Ferrusquía-Villafranca (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. silvaticus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Jaywilsonomys pintoensis Ferrusquia and Wood
1984Pseudocylindrodon pintoensis Ferrusquía-Villafranca

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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
familyCylindrodontidaeMiller and Gidley 1918
genusPseudocylindrodonBurke 1935
speciespintoensis()

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.

†Pseudocylindrodon pintoensis Ferrusquia and Wood 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Chadronian or 37.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Texas) Jaywilsonomys pintoensis (16888)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Mexico (Chihuahua) Pseudocylindrodon pintoensis (type locality: 17015)