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Occitanomys neutrum

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Occitanomys neutrum was named by de Bruijn (1976) [Genus designation with a questionmark]. Its type specimen is IVAU PI 262, a tooth (M1 sup. dext.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Chomateri, which is in a Miocene fluvial siltstone/claystone in the Pikermi Formation of Greece.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. faillati

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Occitanomys neutrum de Bruijn p. 375 figs. Pl. 4 fig. 10

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
genusOccitanomysMichaux 1969
speciesneutrum

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.

†Occitanomys neutrum de Bruijn 1976
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. de Bruijn 1976A small Occitanomys-like murid of about the same size as Occitanomys sondaari Van der Weerd 1976. t4 and t8 of M1 are not connected by a ridge. t1 bis is absent in M1 and M2. The anterocentral cusp of m1 is small and lower than the paired anterconid cusp.