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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Sigmodon : Sigmodon minor |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Sigmodon : Sigmodon minor |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Sigmodon |
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| Scientific Name | Sigmodon minor Gidley, 1922 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Sigmodon minor | species | belongs to Sigmodon | stated with evidence | Gidley, 1922 | | Sigmodon minor | species | subjective synonym of Sigmodon medius | stated without evidence | Kurten and Anderson, 1980 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 4.90 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 1.80 - 0.30 Ma
Pleistocene |
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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) | J. W. Gidley. 1922. Preliminary report on fossil vertebrates of the San Pedro Valley, Arizona, with descriptions of new species of Rodentia and Lagomorpha. Shorter contributions to general geology, 1922 131:119-131 |
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| Gidley J. W. (1922) Preliminary report on fossil vertebrates of the San Pedro Valley, Arizona, with descriptions of new species of Rodentia and Lagomorpha, Shorter contributions to general geology, 1922 131, 119-131 |
| Hibbard C. W. (1941) The Borchers fauna, a new Pleistocene interglacial fauna from Meade County, Kansas, State Geological Survey of Kansas Bulletin 38 7, 197-220 |
| Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442 |
| Galusha T., Et al. (1984) Biostratigraphy and magnetostratigraphy, late Pliocene rocks, 111 Ranch, Arizona, Geological Society America Bulletin 95 |
| Tomida Y. (1987) Small mammal fossils and correlation of continental deposits, Safford and Duncan basins, Arizona, National Science Museum, 1-141 |
| Morgan G. S., White J. A. (1995) Small mammals (Insectivora, Lagomorpha, and Rodentia) from the early Pleistocene (early Irvingtonian) Leisey Shell Pit Local Fauna, Hillsborough County, Florida, Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 37 13 |
| Mezzabotta C. (1997) Cricetid and arvicolid rodents of the California wash local fauna, late Blancan of the san Pedro Valley, Arizona, Palaeovertebrata 26 1-4, 189-218 |
Sigmodon minor ✝
