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Taxonomy
Zapus adamsi was named by Hibbard (1955). Its type specimen is UMMP 29260, a mandible ( a right jaw with m1-m3. The incisor, coronoid process, and tip of the angle are missing), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jinglebob, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in the Kingsdown Formation of Kansas.
It was synonymized subjectively with Zapus hudsonius by Kurten and Anderson (1980).
It was synonymized subjectively with Zapus hudsonius by Kurten and Anderson (1980).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1955 | Zapus adamsi Hibbard p. 217 figs. 5D, E |
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†Zapus adamsi Hibbard 1955
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. W. Hibbard 1955 | jumping mouse the size of Zapus burti Hibbard of the Borchers fauna but with a narrower tooth row. It is the size of the Recent Zapus hudsonius (Zimmermann), but had slightly shorter crowned teeth, with wider re-entrant valleys, and the M, broader (in transverse width) anteriorly than posteriorly. |
Measurements
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| Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008 | |||||
Collections
No collection or age range data are available