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Sigmodon minor

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Sigmodon minor was named by Gidley (1922). Its type specimen is USNM 10512, a mandible (Portion of a left lower jaw containing complete dentition ), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sigmodon medius by Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Sigmodon minor Gidley p. 125 figs. Plate XXXV, figures 4, 5
1922Sigmodon medius Gidley p. 126 figs. Plate XXXV, figures 6, 7
1937Sigmodon intermedius Hibbard
1941Sigmodon hilli Hibbard
1979Sigmodon medius Martin
1980Sigmodon medius Kurten and Anderson p. 250
1984Sigmodon medius Galusha et al.
1987Sigmodon medius Czaplewski
1987Sigmodon medius Tomida
1995Sigmodon medius Morgan and White
1997Sigmodon medius Mezzabotta

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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
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
tribeSigmodontiniWagner 1843
genusSigmodonSay and Ord 1825
speciesminor

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.

Sigmodon minor Gidley 1922
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Invalid names: Sigmodon intermedius Hibbard 1937 [synonym], Sigmodon medius Gidley 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available