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Allomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Allomyidae

Taxonomy
Allomys was named by Marsh (1877) [also said to be 1872]. Its type is Allomys nitens.

It was synonymized subjectively with Meniscomys by Cope (1884).

It was assigned to Pteromyinae by Hay (1902); and to Allomyidae by Marsh (1877), Merriam and Sinclair (1907), Stock (1935), McGrew (1941), Rensberger (1983) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Allomys Marsh
1902Allomys Hay p. 718
1907Allomys Merriam and Sinclair
1935Allomys Stock
1941Allomys McGrew
1983Allomys Rensberger
1997Allomys McKenna and Bell

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—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
familyAllomyidaeMarsh 1877
genusAllomys

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. †Allomys Marsh 1877
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†Allomys cavatus Cope 1881
†Allomys cristabrevis Barnosky 1986
†Allomys nitens Marsh 1877
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Invalid names: Meniscomys multiplicatus Cope 1878 [synonym]
†Allomys reticulatus Rensberger 1983
†Allomys simplicidens Rensberger 1983
†Allomys stirtoni Klingener 1968
†Allomys storeri Tedrow and Korth 1997
†Allomys tessellatus Rensberger 1983
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Whitneyan to the top of the Geringian or 33.30000 to 26.30000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) A. storeri (17384)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Oregon) A. simplicidens (17537) A. sp. (17508 93078)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) A. sp. (17709)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Wyoming) A. nitens (17696)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) Meniscomys multiplicatus (180202)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Oregon) A. sp. (17603 93079)