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Quercomys daamsi

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Quercomys daamsi was named by Alvarez Sierra et al. (1991) [Authorship: De Visser, 1991]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is CUM SJ 193 M1 sup. dext, a tooth. Its type locality is San Juan, which is in a MN 2 terrestrial horizon in Spain.

It was recombined as Armantomys daamsi by Daams and de Bruijn (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Quercomys daamsi Alvarez Sierra et al.
1995Armantomys daamsi Daams and de Bruijn p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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
superfamilyGliroideaMuirhead 1819
familyGliridaeMuirhead 1819
genusQuercomysde Bruijn 1966
speciesdaamsi

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.

Quercomys daamsi Alvarez Sierra et al. 1991
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. A. Alvarez Sierra et al. 1991A Quercomys species of medium size, of which the M1,2 may have one or two short, centroloph-like ridges, and of which the m1,2 may have a short centrolophid.
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

Age range: MN 2 or 22.40000 to 20.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 222.4 - 20.0Spain (Huesca) Quercomys daamsi (type locality: 67192)