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Dolocylindrodon medius

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae

Taxonomy
Pseudocylindrodon medius was named by Burke (1938). Its type locality is McCarty's Mountain, which is in a Chadronian wet floodplain tuff in the Chadron Formation of Montana.

It was recombined as Dolocylindrodon medius by Korth and Tabrum (2016).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Pseudocylindrodon medius Burke
2016Dolocylindrodon medius Korth and Tabrum p. 91 figs. Tables 1, 6

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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
familyCylindrodontidaeMiller and Gidley 1918
genusDolocylindrodon
speciesmedius(Burke 1938)

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.

Dolocylindrodon medius Burke 1938
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. W. Korth and A. R. Tabrum 2016Small species; larger than D. vukae, smaller than D. texanus or D. rahnensis; mean crown- height ratio of p4, 0.62 lower than in other species; i1 ap- proximately equal in width and length in cross-section.
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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

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 (Montana) Pseudocylindrodon medius (16990)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Pseudocylindrodon medius (17009)