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Zapus sandersi

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Zapodidae

Taxonomy
Zapus sandersi was named by Hibbard (1956). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sanders (UM-K2-53), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Ballard Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Zapus sandersi Hibbard
1980Zapus sandersi Kurten and Anderson p. 271
2025Zapus sandersi Eshelman et al. p. 115

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyDipodoideaFischer 1817
familyZapodidaeCoues 1875
genusZapusCoues 1876
speciessandersiHibbard 1956

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.

†Zapus sandersi Hibbard 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: saltatorialg
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:59:02
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:59:02
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Irvingtonian or 4.70000 to 0.21000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nebraska) Zapus sandersi (19964)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Kansas) Zapus sandersi (type locality: 19938 19942 19943)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Nebraska) Zapus sandersi (20523)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Zapus sandersi (20301 20352 20390)