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Taxonomy
Metanoiamys agorus was named by Chiment and Korth (1996) [genotype]. Its type locality is Poway Pipeline One, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Friars Formation of California. It is the type species of Metanoiamys.
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1996 | Metanoiamys agorus Chiment and Korth |
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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.
†Metanoiamys agorus Chiment and Korth 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Uintan to the top of the Uintan or 46.20000 to 40.40000 Ma
Collections (47 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Uintan | USA (California) | Metanoiamys agorus (16669 16674 16676 16677 16678 16680 16682 16684 16697 16700 16704 type locality: 16705 16706 16707 16708 16709 16710 16711 16720 16723 16725 16727 16730 16740 16744 16755 16756 16757 16760 16761) Namatomys sp. (16762) Pauromys sp. (16713 16715 16737 16738 16745 16746 16747 16748 16751 16752) | |
Uintan | USA (California) | Namatomys sp. (16601) | |
Late/Upper Uintan - Duchesnean | USA (California) | Namatomys sp. (16616 16617 16618 16619 16620) |