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Scottimus exiguus
Taxonomy
Eumys exiguus was named by Wood (1937). Its type locality is Sheep Mountain (Middle Oreodon), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of South Dakota.
It was recombined as Paracricetodon exiguus by Alker (1968); it was recombined as Eoeumys exiguus by Martin (1980); it was recombined as Scottimus exiguus by Black (1961), Dawson and Black (1970), Wood (1980), Korth (1981) and Korth et al. (2022).
It was recombined as Paracricetodon exiguus by Alker (1968); it was recombined as Eoeumys exiguus by Martin (1980); it was recombined as Scottimus exiguus by Black (1961), Dawson and Black (1970), Wood (1980), Korth (1981) and Korth et al. (2022).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1937 | Eumys exiguus Wood |
| 1961 | Scottimus exiguus Black |
| 1968 | Paracricetodon exiguus Alker |
| 1970 | Scottimus exiguus Dawson and Black |
| 1980 | Eoeumys exiguus Martin |
| 1980 | Scottimus exiguus Wood |
| 1981 | Scottimus exiguus Korth |
| 2022 | Scottimus exiguus Korth et al. |
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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.
†Scottimus exiguus Wood 1937
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | Scottimus exiguus (230806) | |
| Orellan | USA (South Dakota) | Eumys exiguus (type locality: 17179) Scottimus exiguus (17187 17188) | |
| Whitneyan | USA (South Dakota) | Scottimus exiguus (17336 17337) |