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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Pleurolicus : Pleurolicus sulcifrons |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Pleurolicus : Pleurolicus sulcifrons |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Pleurolicus |
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| Scientific Name | Pleurolicus sulcifrons Cope, 1878 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Pleurolicus sulcifrons | species | belongs to Pleurolicus | stated with evidence | Cope, 1878 | | Pleurolicus sulcifrons | species | belongs to Pleurolicus | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Pleurolicus sulcifrons | species | belongs to Pleurolicus | stated with evidence | Korth, 1996 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 30.8 - 26.3 Ma
Oligocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | browser (based on Geomyidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. D. Cope. 1878. On some of the characters of the Miocene fauna of Oregon. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 18(102):63-78 |
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| Cope E. D. On some of the characters of the Miocene fauna of Oregon, Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 18 102, 63-78 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Wood A. E. (1936) Geomyid rodents from the Middle Tertiary, American Museum Novitates 866 |
| Korth W. W. (1996) A New Species of Pleurolocus (Rodentia, Geomyidae) from the Early Miocene (Arikareean) of Nebraska, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16 4, 781-784 doi:10.1080/02724634.1996.10011367 |
Pleurolicus sulcifrons ✝
