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Gnomomys
Taxonomy
Gnomomys was named by Wilson (1968). It is not extant. Its type is Gnomomys saltus.
It was synonymized subjectively with Copemys by McKenna and Bell (1997); it was synonymized subjectively with Tregomys by Voorhies (1990), Dalquest et al. (1996) and Korth (1998).
It was assigned to Cricetidae by Wilson (1968).
It was synonymized subjectively with Copemys by McKenna and Bell (1997); it was synonymized subjectively with Tregomys by Voorhies (1990), Dalquest et al. (1996) and Korth (1998).
It was assigned to Cricetidae by Wilson (1968).
Species
G. kelloggae, G. saltus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1968 | Gnomomys Wilson p. 120 figs. fig. 17a-c |
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G. †Gnomomys Wilson 1968
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†Gnomomys kelloggae Hoffmeister 1959
†Gnomomys saltus Wilson 1968
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| R. L. Wilson 1968 | A very small cricetid with simple bulbous and moderately high cusped teeth; anterior bases of metaconid and protoconid opposite
on MI; anteroconid a simple medial cusp with cingula subequal in length; anteroconid joins protoconid by low narrow mure; lower jaw small with masseteric crests terminating as distinct knob high on jaw below anterior root of m2 ; mental foramen relatively large and on the labial side of the diastema. |