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Taxonomy
Megasminthus was named by Klingener (1966). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Zapodidae by Klingener (1966) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Zapodidae by Klingener (1966) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1966 | Megasminthus Klingener |
| 1997 | Megasminthus McKenna and Bell |
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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. †Megasminthus Klingener 1966
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†Megasminthus gladiofex Green 1977
†Megasminthus tiheni Klingener 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Late/Upper Clarendonian or 16.30000 to 9.40000 Ma
Collections (26 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | M. gladiofex (18102 18208 18261) M. tiheni (18027 18031 18090 18141 18164 18206 18209 18240 18284 18332 18353 18376 18443 18454 18498) | |
| Barstovian | USA (South Dakota) | M. sp. (18160) M. tiheni (18161 18303 18397 174579) | |
| Barstovian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | M. tiheni (18759 18776) | |
| Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | M. sp. (18327) |