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Parapliosaccomys hibbardi

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Lignimus hibbardi was named by Storer (1973). Its type locality is WaKeeny (UM-K6-59), which is in a Clarendonian channel sandstone/claystone in the Ogallala Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Parapliosaccomys hibbardi by Korth (1987); it was recombined as Phelosaccomys hibbardi by Korth and Reynolds (1994), Korth (1997), Korth (1998), Korth and Chaney (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Lignimus hibbardi Storer
1987Parapliosaccomys hibbardi Korth p. 1060
1994Phelosaccomys hibbardi Korth and Reynolds
1997Phelosaccomys hibbardi Korth
1998Phelosaccomys hibbardi Korth
1999Phelosaccomys hibbardi Korth and Chaney

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyGeomyidaeBonaparte 1845
subfamilyGeomyinaeBonaparte 1845
genusParapliosaccomys
specieshibbardi()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:06:30
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Clarendonian or 12.50000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Kansas) Lignimus hibbardi (type locality: 18450)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Phelosaccomys hibbardi (18324 18452 188779)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (South Dakota) Lignimus hibbardi (18406)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) Geomyidae indet. (18066) Phelosaccomys hibbardi (18327)