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Neocometes

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Neocometes was named by Schaub and Zapfe (1953). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cricetidae by de Bruijn and Moltzer (1974) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Platacanthomyidae by Kowalski (1993) and Mein and Ginsburg (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Neocometes Schaub and Zapfe
1974Neocometes de Bruijn and Moltzer p. 143
1993Neocometes Kowalski
1997Neocometes McKenna and Bell
1997Neocometes Mein and Ginsburg p. 825

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
subfamilyPlatacanthomyinae(Alston 1876)
genusNeocometesSchaub and Zapfe 1953

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. †Neocometes Schaub and Zapfe 1953
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Neocometes orientalis Mein 1990
Neocometes similis Fahlbusch 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available