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Cedaromys parvus
Taxonomy
Cedaromys parvus was named by Eaton and Cifelli (2001). Its type specimen is OMNH 25747, a tooth (M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is OMNH V239, Mussentuchit, which is in a Cenomanian channel horizon in the Cedar Mountain Formation of Utah.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2001 | Cedaromys parvus Eaton and Cifelli pp. 490-495 figs. 14-16 |
2004 | Cedaromys parvus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 254, 321 |
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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.
†Cedaromys parvus Eaton and Cifelli 2001
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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J. G. Eaton and R. L. Cifelli 2001 | Smaller than C. bestia (AP means about 15% less), with higher crested
p4s (L:H = 0.66). |
Measurements
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References: Hopson 1973, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 99.60000 to 93.50000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Utah) | Cedaromys parvus (14396 14397 14398 type locality: 14399 14403 14405) Paracimexomys sp. A (14407) Ptilodontoidea indet. (14395) |