FHSM VP-14369
Synaptomys (Baird, 1857)

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Taxonomy

Specimen Info

Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Synaptomys
Phylum
Chordata
Species
Class
Mammalia
Author
Baird
Order
Rodentia
Year
1857
Family
Cricetidae
Collected by
Martin, R.A.
Date Collected
1999-07-01
Identified By
Martin, R.A.
Date Identified
2001-01-22
Type
Number of Pieces
1
Description
Skull; Isolated Teeth, Rm2

Locality

Lithostratigraphy

Country
United States of America
State/Province
Kansas
County
Meade
Remarks
Information withheld. Please contact FHSM for detailed locality information
Group
Meade
Formation
Crooked Creek
Member
Atwater
Zone
Bed
Local Fauna
Short Haul

Chronostratigraphy

Biostratigraphy

Earliest Era
Cenozoic
Latest Era
Cenozoic
Earliest Period
Quaternary
Latest Period
Quaternary
Earliest Epoch
Pleistocene
Latest Epoch
Pleistocene
Earliest Age
Calabrian
Latest Age
Middle
Lowest Zone
Irvingtonian
Highest Zone
Irvingtonian

Publications (1 of 1)

Martin, R.A., Duobonis-Gray, L. & Crockett, C.P.. 2003. A new species of early Pleistocene Synaptomys (Mammalia, Rodentia) from Florida and its relevance to sourthern bog lemming origins. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 23:917-936