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Heosminthus minutus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae

Taxonomy
Heosminthus minutus was named by Daxner-Höck (2001). Its type specimen is NHMW 2001z0033/0001/1, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hsanda Gol, section SHG-A/18-20, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial mudstone in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.

It was recombined as Allosminthus minutus by Daxner-Höck et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Heosminthus minutus Daxner-Höck
2014Allosminthus minutus Daxner-Höck 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
—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
superfamilyDipodoideaFischer 1817
familyDipodidaeWaterhouse 1842
genusHeosminthusWang 1985
speciesminutus

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.

†Heosminthus minutus Daxner-Höck 2001
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available