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Yoderimys yarmeri

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Eomyidae

Taxonomy
Yoderimys yarmeri was named by Wilson and Runkel (1991). Its type specimen is TMM 42153-2, a mandible (Left mandible with p4-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Coffee Cup, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the Devil's Graveyard Formation of Texas.

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2026-05-08

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Yoderimys yarmeri Wilson and Runkel p. 11 figs. 7Figure 7, Table 9a

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
suborderSupramyomorpha
infraorderCastorimorphi
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyEomyidaeWinge 1887
subfamilyYoderimyinae
genusYoderimys
speciesyarmeri

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.

Yoderimys yarmeri Wilson and Runkel 1991
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. A. Wilson and A. C. Runkel 1991About the same size as Y. hurkei, which is the largestspecies ofYoderimys. P4 longer than M,. M, to M 3 wider anteriorly than posteriorly. Protoconid and metaconid on P4 high. Trigonid basin of P4 open anteriorly, apparently without an anteroconid. Anteroconid prominent on Mj to M 3. Teeth brachydont, metaconid and entoconid high. P4 has a double mesolophid, each loop pointed lingually at right angles to the midline of the tooth row. The mesolophid originates from a lophid that connects the base of the metaconid with the buccal margin of the entoconid. A hypolophid connects the hypoconid with the entoconid. Posterolophids are prominent on all teeth. The anterior cingulum closes off a trigonid basin lingually. A continuous loph zig-zags from the anterocone, only slightly buccal to the anteroposterior center of the tooth row, to the lingual base of the hypocone where it turns linguad to form the posterior cingulum. On M, a small mesolophid is directed toward the entoconid, on M 2 a small mesolophid forms a loop enclosing a lake at the base of the metaconid, and on M 3 the metalophid is directed toward the entoconid. With a larger sample this structure probably would be variable.
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, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999
Collections
No collection or age range data are available