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Centralomys benericettii
Taxonomy
Castillomys (Centralomys) benericettii was named by de Guili (1989). It is not extant. Its type specimen is DSZUF BRS 1, a tooth (M1 sup. sin.).
It was recombined as Centralomys benericettii by Martín Suárez and Mein (1991).
It was recombined as Centralomys benericettii by Martín Suárez and Mein (1991).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1989 | Castillomys (Centralomys) benericettii de Guili p. 206 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 3 |
| 1991 | Centralomys benericettii Martín Suárez and Mein p. 68 |
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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.
†Centralomys benericettii de Guili 1989
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| E. Martín Suárez and P. Mein 1991 | Small-sized Centralomys. m1 may have a small tma. Upper molars with t3 isolated, and the connections t1-t5 and t4-t8 very low, without forming crests. t12 very much reduced. M1 with very large t1bis. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene | Italy (Cuneo) | Centralomys benericettii (175903) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | Centralomys benericettii (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860) |