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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Mimomys : Cosomys primus |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Mimomys : Cosomys primus |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
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| Generic Name | Cosomys |
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| Scientific Name | Cosomys primus (Wilson, 1932) |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Cosomys primus | species | belongs to Cosomys | stated without evidence | Wilson, 1932 | | Cosomys primus | species | subjective synonym of Mimomys pliocaenicus | stated without evidence | Hinton, 1932 | | Cosomys primus | species | belongs to Mimomys | stated without evidence | Wilson, 1933 | | Cosomys primus | species | belongs to Cosomys | stated without evidence | Hibbard and Zakrzewski, 1967 | | Cosomys primus | species | belongs to Mimomys | stated without evidence | Repenning, 1987 | | Cosomys primus | species | belongs to Cosomys | stated without evidence | Chaline et al., 1999 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 4.90 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | herbivore (based on Rodentia) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. W. Wilson. 1932. Cosomys, a new genus of vole from the Pliocene of California. Journal of Mammalogy 13(2):150-154 |
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| Wilson R. W. (1932) Cosomys, a new genus of vole from the Pliocene of California, Journal of Mammalogy 13 2, 150-154 |
| Wilson R. W. (1933) A rodent fauna from later Cenozoic beds of southwestern Idaho, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 440 8, 117-135 |
| Hesse C. J. (1934) Another record of the fossil Vole Mimomys Primus (Wilson) from, Journal of Mammalogy 15 3 |
| Schultz J. R. (1937) A Late Cenozoic Vertebrate Fauna From the Coso Mountains, Inyo County, California, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 487 3, 77-109 |
| Hibbard C. W. (1959) Late Cenozoic Microtine Rodents from Wyoming and Idaho, Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 44, 3-40 |
| Hibbard C. W., Zakrzewski R. J. (1967) Phyletic Trends in the Late Cenozoic Microtine Ophiomys gen. nov., from Idaho, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 21 12, 255-271 |
| Zakrzewski R. J. (1969) The Rodents from the Hagerman Local Fauna, Upper Pliocene of Idaho, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology, University of Michigan 23 1, 1-36 |
| Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442 |
| Mou Y. (1997) A New Arvicoline Species (Rodentia: Cricetidae) from the Pliocene Panaca Formation, Southeast Nevada, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 17 2, 376-383 |
| Chaline J., Brunet-Lecomte P., et al (1999) Anatomy of the arvicoline radiation (Rodentia): palaeogeographical, palaeoecological history and evolutionary data, Annales Zoologici Fennici 36, 239-267 |
| Martin R. A., Goodwin H. T., et al (2002) Late Neogene (late Hemphillian) rodents from the Pipe Creek Sinkhole, Grant County, Indiana, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22 1, 137-151 |
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