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Apletotomeus crassus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heliscomyidae

Taxonomy
Apletotomeus crassus was named by Reeder (1960) [genotype]. Its type locality is North of Zerbst Ranch (Upper), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Nebraska. It is the type species of Apletotomeus.

It was recombined as Proheteromys crassus by Wood (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Apletotomeus crassus Reeder
1980Proheteromys crassus Wood
1989Apletotomeus crassus Korth
1994Apletotomeus crassus Korth
1997Apletotomeus crassus Korth

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyHeliscomyidae
genusApletotomeus
speciescrassus

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.

†Apletotomeus crassus Reeder 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available