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Uintasorex montezumicus

Osteichthyes - Primates - Microsyopidae

Taxonomy
Uintasorex montezumicus was named by Lillegraven (1976). Its type specimen is UCMP 104179, a tooth (isolated [upper] M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Solstice Slope, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Friars Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Uintasorex montezumicus Lillegraven

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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
—Euarchonta
orderPrimates
familyMicrosyopidaeOsborn and Wortman 1892
subfamilyUintasoricinaeSzalay 1969
genusUintasorex
speciesmontezumicusLillegraven 1976

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.

†Uintasorex montezumicus Lillegraven 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Uintan to the top of the Uintan or 45.90000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (California) Uintasorex montezumicus (16669 16674 16677 16682 16683 16684 16697 type locality: 16702 16705 16706 16707 16708 16709 16710 16711 16713 16714 16715 16716 16717 16719 16737 16745 16746 16747 16748 16749 16750 16751 16752)
Uintan45.9 - 39.7USA (California) Uintasorex montezumicus (16784)
Late/Upper Uintan - Duchesnean45.9 - 37.0USA (California) Uintasorex sp. (16616)