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Eumys lammersi

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Eumys lammersi was named by Korth et al. (2019). Its type specimen is USNM PAL 642848, a mandible (right dentary with m1–m3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Eumys lammersi Korth et al. p. 9 figs. Figure 16

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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()
orderRodentia
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusEumys
specieslammersi

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.

Eumys lammersi Korth et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. W. Korth et al. 2019Largest species of the genus; molars pro- portioned as in E. elegans (not relatively wider as in E. brachy­ odus); anteroconid on m1 minute, transversely elongated, and connected to metaconid and protoconid by separate lophulids; distinct branch of the posterior cingulid on m1 posterior to hypoconid; m1 longest of the lower molars, m2 and m3 approxi- mately equal in length.
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 21:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available