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Atopomys texensis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4973514https://www.gbif.org/species/4973514
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)44380https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=44380
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Atopomys : Atopomys texensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Atopomys : Atopomys texensis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
-Glires
orderRodentia
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyMicrotinae
genusAtopomysPatton 1965
speciesAtopomys texensisPatton 1965
Generic NameAtopomys
Scientific NameAtopomys texensis Patton, 1965
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Atopomys texensisspeciesbelongs to Atopomysstated without evidencePatton, 1965
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene
Last Recorded Appearance1.80 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Rodentia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)T. H. Patton. 1965. A New Genus of Fossil Microtine from Texas. Journal of Mammalogy 46(3)

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Atopomys salvelinus Zakrzewski, 1975GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Atopomys : Atopomys salvelinus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1965Atopomys texensis Patton
1975Atopomys salvelinus Zakrzewski
1980Atopomys texensis Kurten and Anderson p. 256
1980Atopomys salvelinus Kurten and Anderson p. 257

References

Patton T. H. (1965) A New Genus of Fossil Microtine from Texas, Journal of Mammalogy 46 3
Zakrzewski R. J. (1975) The late Pleistocene arvicoline rodent Atopomys, Annals of Carnegie Museum 45 12, 255-262
Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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