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Pseudotomus petersoni

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

Taxonomy
Paramys petersoni was named by Matthew (1910). Its type locality is Kennedy's Hole, which is in an Uintan terrestrial horizon in the Uinta Formation of Utah.

It was recombined as Ischyrotomus petersoni by Hay (1930), Wilson (1940), Wood (1962); it was recombined as Pseudotomus petersoni by Korth (1985), Wahlert (2000), Dunn and Rasmussen (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Paramys petersoni Matthew
1930Ischyrotomus petersoni Hay
1940Ischyrotomus petersoni Wilson
1962Ischyrotomus petersoni Wood
1985Pseudotomus petersoni Korth
2000Pseudotomus petersoni Wahlert
2007Pseudotomus petersoni Dunn and Rasmussen p. 988

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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
familyIschyromyidaeAlston 1876
subfamilyParamyinaeSimpson 1945
tribeManitshiniSimpson
genusPseudotomus
speciespetersoni(Matthew 1910)

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.

†Pseudotomus petersoni Matthew 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-05-12 18:22:11
Modified: 2011-05-12 03:22:11
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Duchesnean or 46.20000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Ischyrotomus petersoni (type locality: 16589) Pseudotomus petersoni (16646)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Ischyrotomus petersoni (16535)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Texas) Ischyrotomus petersoni (16829)