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Pauromys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae

Taxonomy
Pauromys was named by Troxell (1923) [generic assignment questioned by Walsh 1997a]. It is not extant. Its type is Pauromys perditus.

It was assigned to Sciuravidae by Troxell (1923), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Dawson and Constenius (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Pauromys Troxell
1997Pauromys McKenna and Bell
2018Pauromys Dawson and Constenius p. 45

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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
infraorderProtrogomorphaZittel 1893
familySciuravidaeMiller and Gidley 1918
genusPauromys

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. †Pauromys Troxell 1923
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†Pauromys exallos Korth and Emry 1989
†Pauromys lillegraveni Walsh 1997
†Pauromys perditus Troxell 1923
†Pauromys schaubi Wood 1959
†Pauromys simplex Walton 1993
†Pauromys texensis Walton 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Chadronian or 55.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (15917 15930)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) P. sp. (15448)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Utah) P. sp. (16396)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Nevada) P. exallos (16218)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) P. schaubi (16227 16449) P. sp. (16254 16296 16418)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) P. texensis (16586) Prolapsus sp. (16651)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) P. lillegraveni (16762)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) P. sp. (16542 16550 16614)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Montana) P. sp. (222922)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) P. texensis (16587 16624)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) P. sp. (213066)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (16961)