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Karydomys wigharti
Taxonomy
Karydomys wigharti was named by Mörs and Kalthoff (2004). It is not extant. Its type specimen is IPB-HaH 5297, a tooth (M1 sup. sin.). Its type locality is Hambach mine horizon 6C, which is in a MN 5 paralic lignite/claystone in the Ville Formation of Germany.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2004 | Karydomys wigharti Mörs and Kalthoff p. 1390 |
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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.
†Karydomys wigharti Mörs and Kalthoff 2004
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. Mörs and D. C. Kalthoff 2004 | Very large democricetodontine; molars with simple tooth pattern; inflated cusps; thick molar enamel; M1 with broad, box-shaped and slightly split anterocone, with usually long mesoloph; M2 with short anterolophule and narrow first synclines, with strong tendency to establish posterior metalophule and small posterosinus; M3 reduced with weak lingual anteroloph, small sinus and weak hypocone; m1 with extremely short anteroconid, with very weak or absent labial posterolophid. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||