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Microtus miguelensis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Microtus miguelensis was named by Guthrie (1998). Its type specimen is SBMNH 191, a mandible (jaw fragment with M/1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Miguel Island V-10, which is in a Pleistocene eolian horizon in California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Microtus miguelensis Guthrie p. 191 figs. Figure 1

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
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
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyArvicolinae()
tribeArvicoliniGiebel 1855
genusMicrotusSchrank 1798
speciesmiguelensis

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Microtus miguelensis Guthrie 1998
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
D. A. Guthrie 1998This species is larger than any living Microtus, with the possible exception of M. richardsoni.