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Thomomys potomacensis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Plesiothomomys potomacensis was named by Gidley and Gazin (1933). Its type specimen is USNM 8166, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cumberland Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Maryland.

It was recombined as Thomomys potomacensis by Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Plesiothomomys potomacensis Gidley and Gazin p. 354 figs. Fig. 7
1980Thomomys potomacensis Kurten and Anderson p. 224

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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
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyGeomyidaeBonaparte 1845
genusThomomysWied-Neuwied 1839
speciespotomacensis()

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.

†Thomomys potomacensis Gidley and Gazin 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available