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Pleurolicus exiguus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Pleurolicus exiguus was named by Korth (1996). Its type specimen is F:AM 126857, a mandible (right mandible with p4-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hay Springs Creek (Upper Harrison), which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Marsland Formation of Nebraska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Pleurolicus exiguus Korth p. 781

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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
genusPleurolicus
speciesexiguus

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.

†Pleurolicus exiguus Korth 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:06:30
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian to the top of the Harrisonian or 20.43000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Pleurolicus exiguus (type locality: 17791)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) Pleurolicus exiguus (102283)