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Tuscahomys ctenodactylops

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cylindrodontidae

Taxonomy
Reithroparamys ctenodactylops was named by Korth (1984). Its type locality is UW locality V-60008, which is in an Eocene fluvial siliciclastic in the Wasatch Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Tuscahomys ctenodactylops by Dawson and Beard (2007) and Strait et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Reithroparamys ctenodactylops Korth
2007Tuscahomys ctenodactylops Dawson and Beard p. 137
2016Tuscahomys ctenodactylops Strait et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
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
familyCylindrodontidaeMiller and Gidley 1918
genusTuscahomys
speciesctenodactylops()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available