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Neoreomys huilensis

Osteichthyes - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Neoreomys huilensis was named by Fields (1957). It is considered to be a form taxon. Its type specimen is UCMP 37973, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Neoreomys huilensis Fields

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyCavioideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
genusNeoreomysAmeghino 1887
specieshuilensis

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.

Neoreomys huilensis Fields 1957
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. W. Fields 1957Mandible heavy; angle distorted outwards; inferior pterigoyd fossa broad, shallow, elongate; masseteric crest small, oblique, ovoid, below anterior moiety of m1; mandibular masseteric fossa shallow; ventral mandibular crest smooth, extends forward to masseteric crest; incisor small, base posterior to m3, enamel face convex, smooth; cheek teeth subhypsodont with broad hypoflexid; hypostriid not continuous to base of tooth; mesostriid of p4 longer than metastriid, metastriid longer than parastriid; metastriid on m2 and m3 longer than mesostriid; parastriid longer than mesostriid; metastriid on m3 longer than on m1-2; m1 to m3 progressively larger; p4 equal to m3 in anteroposterior diameter.