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Meniscomys
Taxonomy
Meniscomys was named by Cope (1878).
It was synonymized subjectively with Protogaulus by Riggs (1899); it was synonymized subjectively with Allomys by Hay (1902) and Stock (1935).
It was assigned to Meniscomyinae by Wang (1987); and to Aplodontidae by Cope (1879), McGrew (1941), Rensberger (1983) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was synonymized subjectively with Protogaulus by Riggs (1899); it was synonymized subjectively with Allomys by Hay (1902) and Stock (1935).
It was assigned to Meniscomyinae by Wang (1987); and to Aplodontidae by Cope (1879), McGrew (1941), Rensberger (1983) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1878 | Meniscomys Cope p. 67 |
| 1879 | Meniscomys Cope |
| 1899 | Protogaulus Riggs |
| 1941 | Meniscomys McGrew |
| 1983 | Meniscomys Rensberger |
| 1987 | Meniscomys Wang |
| 1997 | Meniscomys McKenna and Bell |
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G. †Meniscomys Cope 1878
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†Meniscomys editus Rensberger 1983
†Meniscomys hippodus Cope 1878
†Meniscomys uhtoffi Rensberger 1983
Invalid names: Protogaulus Riggs 1899 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available