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Pipestoneomys pattersoni

Mammalia - Rodentia - Pipestoneomyidae

Taxonomy
Pipestoneomys pattersoni was named by Alf (1962).

It was synonymized subjectively with Pipestoneomys bisulcatus by Wood (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Pipestoneomys pattersoni Alf
2013Pipestoneomys pattersoni Korth and Emry p. 292
2022Pipestoneomys pattersoni Korth et al.

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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
familyPipestoneomyidae
genusPipestoneomys
speciespattersoni

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
W. W. Korth and R. J. Emry 2013Emended, smallest species of the genus; p4 and m1 subequal in size; M2/m2 more reduced in size relative to M1/ m1 than in P. bisulcatus; p4 narrower relative to length than in P. bisulcatus.