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Fallomus
Taxonomy
Fallomus was named by Flynn et al. (1986). Its type is Fallomus razae.
It was assigned to Chapattimyidae by Flynn et al. (1986); and to Diatomyidae by Mein and Ginsburg (1997), Marivaux et al. (2004), Dawson et al. (2006) and Flynn (2007).
It was assigned to Chapattimyidae by Flynn et al. (1986); and to Diatomyidae by Mein and Ginsburg (1997), Marivaux et al. (2004), Dawson et al. (2006) and Flynn (2007).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1986 | Fallomus Flynn et al. p. 13 |
| 1997 | Fallomus Mein and Ginsburg p. 810 |
| 2004 | Fallomus Marivaux et al. p. 495 |
| 2006 | Fallomus Dawson et al. p. 1458 |
| 2007 | Fallomus Flynn |
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G. †Fallomus Flynn et al. 1986
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†Fallomus ginsburgi Marivaux and Welcomme 2003
†Fallomus ladakhensis Nanda and Sahni 1998
†Fallomus quraishyi Marivaux and Welcomme 2003
†Fallomus razae Flynn et al. 1986
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| L.J. Flynn et al. 1986 | Chapattimyid with cheek teeth transversely bilophodont, lacking well-developed longitudinal crests; high, inclined cusps; upper cheek teeth with four major cusps, lacking both metaconule and paraconule; lower teeth with five major cusps including hypoconulid; enterostyle and ectostylid present in high frequency; second molars are largest cheek teeth; Ml-3 and m2 with four roots. |