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Trogomys rupinimenthae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Taxonomy

Trogomys rupinimenthae was named by Reeder (1960) [genotype]. Its type locality is Tick Canyon (CIT 201), which is in an Arikareean fluvial siltstone/sandstone in the Tick Canyon Formation of California. It is the type species of Trogomys.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1960	Trogomys rupinimenthae Reeder

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
infraorder	Castorimorpha
superfamily	Geomyoidea	Bonaparte 1845
family	Heteromyidae	Gray 1868
genus	Trogomys
species	rupinimenthae

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.

†Trogomys rupinimenthae Reeder 1960

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

granivoref

Diet 2:

browserf

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2005-08-26 13:09:37

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Arikareean to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 29.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (California)	Heteromyidae indet. (type locality: 17852)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian	18.5 - 16.3	USA (California)	Trogomys rupinimenthae (19194)