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Apistodon exiguus

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Pediomys exiguus was named by Fox (1971). Its type specimen is UALVP 5536, a tooth (RM1), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-4), which is in a Santonian terrestrial horizon in the Milk River Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Apistodon exiguus by Davis (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Pediomys exiguus Fox
1979Pediomys exiguus Clemens p. 193
2004Pediomys exiguus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 457
2007Apistodon exiguus Davis p. 226

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
superfamilyPediomyoideaSimpson 1927
genusApistodon
speciesexiguus()

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.

†Apistodon exiguus Fox 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available