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Mictomys kansasensis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Synaptomys kansasensis was named by Hibbard (1952). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kentuck, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in Kansas.

It was recombined as Mictomys kansasensis by von Koenigswald and Martin (1984), Wood and Barnosky (1994), Fejfar and Repenning (1998), Albright (1999) and Bell and Barnosky (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Synaptomys kansasensis Hibbard
1980Synaptomys kansasensis Kurten and Anderson p. 269
1984Mictomys kansasensis von Koenigswald and Martin
1989Synaptomys kansasensis Martin
1994Mictomys kansasensis Wood and Barnosky
1998Mictomys kansasensis Fejfar and Repenning
1999Mictomys kansasensis Albright
2000Mictomys kansasensis Bell and Barnosky

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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
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusMictomysTrue 1894
specieskansasensis(Hibbard 1952)

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.

Mictomys kansasensis Hibbard 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available