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Altasciurus relictus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Taxonomy
Paramys relictus was named by Cope (1873).

It was recombined as Sciurus relictus by Cope (1875), Hay (1902) and Trouessart (1904); it was recombined as Prosciurus relictus by Matthew (1909), Matthew (1910), Wood (1937), Galbreath (1953), Wood (1962), Wood (1980) and Korth (1989); it was recombined as Altasciurus relictus by Korth and Tabrum (2017) and Korth et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Paramys relictus Cope p. 3
1875Sciurus relictus Cope p. 475
1902Sciurus relictus Hay p. 719
1904Sciurus relictus Trouessart
1909Prosciurus relictus Matthew
1910Prosciurus relictus Matthew p. 63
1937Prosciurus relictus Wood
1953Prosciurus relictus Galbreath
1962Prosciurus relictus Wood
1980Prosciurus relictus Wood
1989Prosciurus relictus Korth
2017Altasciurus relictus Korth and Tabrum
2022Altasciurus relictus Korth et al.

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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
familyAplodontidaeBrandt 1855
genusAltasciurus
speciesrelictus()

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.

Altasciurus relictus Cope 1873
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available