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Franimys amherstensis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Paramyidae

Taxonomy
Franimys amherstensis was named by Wood (1962). Its type specimen is A.C.M. No. 10524, a partial skeleton (partial skeleton with partial skull, lower jaw, 16 vertebrae, pelvis, femur, tibia, fibula, and pes), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is SC-119 Franimys Hill, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming. It is the type species of Franimys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Franimys amherstensis Wood p. 147

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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
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
familyParamyidaeMiller and Gidley 1918
subfamilyReithroparamyinaeWood 1962
genusFranimys
speciesamherstensis

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.

†Franimys amherstensis Wood 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 09:18:17
Modified: 2005-09-01 11:18:17
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Mann et al. 1993

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Clarkforkian or 55.80000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Franimys amherstensis (type locality: 15154)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Franimys amherstensis (15510 109003)