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Stygimys vastus

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Eucosmodontidae

Taxonomy
Stygimys vastus was named by Lofgren et al. (2005). Its type specimen is TMM 41400-12, a tooth (p4), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Tom's Top (Dawson Creek), which is in a Torrejonian terrestrial horizon in the Black Peaks Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Stygimys vastus Lofgren et al. p. 83

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
familyEucosmodontidaeJepsen 1940
subfamilyEucosmodontinaeJepsen 1940
genusStygimys
speciesvastus

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.

Stygimys vastus Lofgren et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoref
Created: 2005-09-11 16:54:07
Modified: 2005-09-11 18:54:07
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Gunnell et al. 1995, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988

Age range: Torrejonian or 63.80000 to 60.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Torrejonian63.8 - 60.9USA (Texas) Stygimys vastus (type locality: 14887)