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Paramys delicatior

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

Taxonomy
Paramys delicatior was named by Leidy (1871).

It was recombined as Plesiarctomys delicatior by Cope (1877).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. woodi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Paramys delicatior Leidy
1873Paramys delicatior Cope p. 4
1873Paramys delicatior Leidy p. 110
1875Paramys delicatior Cope p. 23
1877Plesiarctomys delicatior Cope
1902Paramys delicatior Hay p. 723
1962Paramys delicatior Wood
1976Paramys delicatior Gazin

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyIschyromyidaeAlston 1876
genusParamysLeidy 1871
speciesdelicatiorLeidy 1871

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.

†Paramys delicatior Leidy 1871
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Bridgerian to the top of the Late/Upper Uintan or 50.30000 to 39.70000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Paramys delicatior (16114 16137 16192 16227 16244 16310 16311 16315 16340 16405)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Paramys delicatior (16614)