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Paramys wyomingensis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

Taxonomy
Microparamys wyomingensis was named by Wood (1959) [in McGrew et al.]. Its type locality is Hyopsodus Hill, which is in a Bridgerian terrestrial horizon in the Bridger Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Paramys wyomingensis by West (1969) and Eaton (1982); it was recombined as Acritoparamys wyomingensis by Korth (1984) and Emry and Korth (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. woodi

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Microparamys wyomingensis Wood
1962Reithroparamys matthewi Wood
1969Paramys wyomingensis West p. 175
1976Microparamys wyomingensis Gazin
1982Paramys wyomingensis Eaton
1984Acritoparamys wyomingensis Korth
1989Acritoparamys wyomingensis Emry and Korth

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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
familyIschyromyidaeAlston 1876
genusParamysLeidy 1871
specieswyomingensis()

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.

†Paramys wyomingensis Wood 1959
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Invalid names: Reithroparamys matthewi Wood 1962 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available