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Perognathus pearlettensis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Taxonomy
Perognathus pearlettensis was named by Hibbard (1941). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Borchers, which is in a Gelasian terrestrial siltstone in the Crooked Creek Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Perognathus pearlettensis Hibbard
1980Perognathus pearlettensis Kurten and Anderson p. 233

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyHeteromyidaeGray 1868
genusPerognathusMaximillian 1839
speciespearlettensis

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.

Perognathus pearlettensis Hibbard 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:49:18
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:49:18
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Gelasian to the top of the Irvingtonian or 2.58800 to 0.30000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Arizona) Perognathus pearlettensis (19650)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Perognathus pearlettensis (19931 19938 19942 19943)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Texas) Perognathus pearlettensis (20023 20030 20032 20060)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Kansas) Perognathus pearlettensis (type locality: 19927)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Perognathus pearlettensis (20427)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Nebraska) Perognathus pearlettensis (20523)