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Franimys buccatus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Paramyidae

Taxonomy
Plesiarctomys buccatus was named by Cope (1877) [also said to be 1874]. Its type specimen is U.S.N.M. No. 1129, a maxilla (right maxilla), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Paramys buccatus by Roger (1896), Hay (1902), Matthew (1910), Matthew (1918) and Wilson (1949); it was recombined as Sciuravus buccatus by Matthew (1909), Reeside (1924); it was recombined as Franimys buccatus by Wood (1962), Korth (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Plesiarctomys buccatus Cope
1896Paramys buccatus Roger
1902Paramys buccatus Hay p. 723
1907Plesiarctomys buccatus Loomis
1909Sciuravus buccatus Matthew
1910Paramys buccatus Matthew
1918Paramys buccatus Matthew
1924Sciuravus buccatus Reeside, Jr.
1949Paramys buccatus Wilson
1962Franimys buccatus Wood
1984Franimys buccatus 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyParamyidaeMiller and Gidley 1918
subfamilyReithroparamyinaeWood 1962
genusFranimys
speciesbuccatus(Cope 1877)

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.

†Franimys buccatus Cope 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 09:18:17
Modified: 2005-09-01 11:18:17
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Mann et al. 1993, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Paramys buccatus (16056)