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Carbomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Carbomys was named by Mein and Adrover (1982). Its type is Carbomys sacaresi.

It was assigned to Myomiminae by Daams and de Bruijn (1995).

Species
C. sacaresi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Carbomys Mein and Adrover
1995Carbomys Daams and de Bruijn p. 11

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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
superfamilyGliroideaMuirhead 1819
familyGliridaeMuirhead 1819
subfamilyMyomiminaeDaams 1981
genusCarbomysMein and Adrover 1982

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.

G. †Carbomys Mein and Adrover 1982
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†Carbomys sacaresi Mein and Adrover 1982
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Daams and H. de Bruijn 1995Giant Myomiminae with low crowns and molars with six ridges. The centrolophid joins the protoconid. Mesolophid and posterolophid are isolated ridges. In the upper molars, the anteroloph and posteroloph are isolated. The P4 is very large compared to the molars. (translated from French).