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Armantomys aragonensis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Armantomys aragonensis was named by de Bruijn (1966). It is not extant. Its type locality is Villafeliche II A, which is in the Miocene of horizon Spain. It is the type species of Armantomys.

Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Armantomys aragonensis de Bruijn

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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
genusArmantomysde Bruijn 1966
speciesaragonensisde Bruijn 1966

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.

Armantomys aragonensis de Bruijn 1966
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. de Bruijn 1966Armantomys whose cheek teeth have neither centroloph nor centrolophid. The metaloph ends in the posterior valley, or is connected to the posteroloph. M3 reduced, P4 bicuspidate.
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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the MN 5 or 16.90000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Armantomys aragonensis (136269)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) Armantomys aragonensis (35751)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Spain (Zaragoza) Armantomys aragonensis (type locality: 36019)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Spain (Madrid) Armantomys aragonensis (40747)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Spain (Zaragoza) Armantomys aragonensis (68421)
MN 4 - MN 516.9 - 13.82Spain Armantomys aragonensis (70805)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Spain (Madrid) Armantomys aragonensis (197674)