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Uriscus californicus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Reithroparamyidae

Taxonomy
Uriscus californicus was named by Wood (1962) [genotype]. Its type locality is San Diego Mission (CIT 249-S), which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Friars Formation of California. It is the type species of Uriscus.

It was recombined as Reithroparamys californicus by Black (1971) and Black and Sutton (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Uriscus californicus Wood
1971Reithroparamys californicus Black
1974Uriscus californicus Wood
1984Reithroparamys californicus Black and Sutton
1994Uriscus californicus Korth
1996Uriscus californicus 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
genusUriscus
speciescalifornicus

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.

†Uriscus californicus Wood 1962
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available