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Reithroparamys sciuroides

Mammalia - Rodentia - Reithroparamyidae

Taxonomy
Plesiarctomys sciuroides was named by Scott and Osborn (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kennedy's Hole, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

It was recombined as Paramys sciuroides by Zittel (1893), Roger (1896), Hay (1902), Matthew (1910) and Wilson (1949); it was recombined as Leptotomus sciuroides by Wood (1962); it was recombined as Reithroparamys sciuroides by Korth (1984) and Emry and Korth (1989).

Synonyms
  • Ischyrotomus gidleyi was named by Peterson (1919). Its type specimen is C. M. No. 3461, a mandible (fragment of lower jaw with M1 and M2 in place, fragment of caudal), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kennedy's Hole, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

    It was recombined as Reithroparamys gidleyi by Wood (1962); it was synonymized subjectively with Reithroparamys sciuroides by Emry and Korth (1989).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Plesiarctomys sciuroides Scott and Osborn p. 256
1893Paramys sciuroides Zittel
1896Paramys sciuroides Roger
1902Paramys sciuroides Hay p. 724
1910Paramys sciuroides Matthew
1919Ischyrotomus gidleyi Peterson p. 63
1949Paramys sciuroides Wilson
1962Leptotomus sciuroides Wood
1962Reithroparamys gidleyi Wood
1984Reithroparamys sciuroides Korth
1989Reithroparamys sciuroides 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
superfamilySciuroidea
familyReithroparamyidaeWood 1962
genusReithroparamys
speciessciuroides()

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.

Reithroparamys sciuroides Scott and Osborn 1887
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Invalid names: Ischyrotomus gidleyi Peterson 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available