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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3240551	https://www.gbif.org/species/3240551
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41721	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41721

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Simimyidae : Nonomys

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Nonomys

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
-	Glires
order	Rodentia
infraorder	Myodonta	Schaub 1958
subfamily	Nonomyinae	Martin 1980
genus	Nonomys	Emry & Dawson 1973

Scientific Name

Nonomys Emry & Dawson, 1973

Name Published In

J. Paleont. 47 (5):

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Nonomys	genus	belongs to Simimyidae	stated without evidence	Emry and Dawson, 1973
Nonomys	genus	belongs to Simimyidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Nonomys	genus	belongs to Nonomyinae	stated with evidence	Walsh, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

46.2 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Rodentia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. J. Emry and M. R. Dawson. 1973. Nonomys, New Name for the Cricetid (Rodentia, Mammalia) Genus Nanomys Emry and Dawson. Journal of Paleontology 47(5)

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Nanomys simplicidens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Nonomys gutzleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	40.4 Ma Eocene	40.4 Ma Eocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Nanomys Emry & Dawson, 1972	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Simimyidae : *Nanomys*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1973	Nonomys Emry and Dawson
1974	Subsumus Wood
1997	Nonomys McKenna and Bell
2010	Nonomys Walsh p. 1612

References

Emry R. J., Dawson M. R. (1973) Nonomys, New Name for the Cricetid (Rodentia, Mammalia) Genus Nanomys Emry and Dawson, Journal of Paleontology 47 5

Wood A. E. (1974) Early Tertiary vertebrate faunas, Vieja Group Trans-Pecos Texas: Rodentia, Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 21, 1-112

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Walsh S. L. (2010) New myomorph rodents from the Eocene of Southern California, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 5, 1610-1621

J. Paleont. 47 (5): - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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