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Rotundomys
Taxonomy
Rotundomys was named by Mein (1966). It is not extant. Its type is Rotundomys montisrotundi.
It was assigned to Cricetinae by Freudenthal et al. (1998).
It was assigned to Cricetinae by Freudenthal et al. (1998).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1966 | Rotundomys Mein |
| 1998 | Rotundomys Freudenthal et al. p. 32 |
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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. †Rotundomys Mein 1966
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†Rotundomys freiriensis Antunes and Mein 1979
†Rotundomys montisrotundi Schaub 1944
†Rotundomys mundi Calvo et al. 1979
Invalid names: Rotundomys bressanus microtoides Agustí 1981 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Freudenthal et al. 1998 | Cricetinae with labial and lingual cusps, and connecting crests equally high. Valleys wide, and metaconid, entoconidd, paracone and metacone crestlike. Wear surface turns into a flat, confluent pattern at an early stage of wear. Mesoloph(id)s absent. Posteriosinusid not closed by the posterolophid in m1 and m2, frequently closed in m3. M1 with 3 roots. |
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) | R. montisrotundi (36977 36978 36979) | |
| MN 9 | Spain (Cataluña) | R. montisrotundi (78574) | |
| MN 10 - MN 11 | Spain (Almería) | R. montisrotundi (68335) |