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Blainvillimys ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4828758	https://www.gbif.org/species/4828758
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	104696	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=104696

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Theridomyidae : Blainvillimys

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
superfamily	Theridomyoidea	Alston 1876
family	Theridomyidae	Alston 1876
subfamily	Theridomyinae	Alston 1876
genus	Blainvillimys	Gervais 1848-52

Scientific Name

Blainvillimys Gervais, 1848-52

Name Published In

Zool. Pal. Franç., 2, Explan. pl. 47, p

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Blainvillimys	genus	belongs to Theridomyinae	stated without evidence	Pelaez-Campomanes, 1995
Blainvillimys	genus	belongs to Theridomyinae	stated with evidence	Vianey-Liaud and Schmid, 2009

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Theridomyidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Rodentia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. A. Remy. 2000. Plagiolophus huerzeleri, une nouvelle espèce de Palaeotheriidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) d'Oligocène inférieur (Rupélien, MP 23) à Murs (Vaucluse, France). Geobios 33(4):489-503

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Blainvillimys avus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Blainvillimys blainvillei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Blainvillimys gemellus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Blainvillimys gregarius ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		21	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Blainvillimys helmeri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		12	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Blainvillimys langei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Blainvillimys rotundidens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	38.0 Ma Eocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Pararchaeomys avus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Blainvilleomys Giebel, 1859	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Theridomyidae : *Blainvilleomys*
Blainvillemys Giebel, 1859	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Theridomyidae : *Blainvillemys*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1848	Blainvillimys Gervais
1995	Blainvillimys Pelaez-Campomanes p. 267
2009	Blainvillimys Vianey-Liaud and Schmid

References

Remy J. A. (2000) Plagiolophus huerzeleri, une nouvelle espèce de Palaeotheriidae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) d'Oligocène inférieur (Rupélien, MP 23) à Murs (Vaucluse, France), Geobios 33 4, 489-503

Pelaez-Campomanes P. (1995) Valdecollares: a rodent fauna from the lower Oligocene of the Loranca Basin (Cuenca, Spain), Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 98 3, 265-289

Vianey-Liaud M., Schmid B. (2009) Diversité, datation et paléoenvironnement de la faune de mammifères oligocène de Cavalé (Quercy, SO France) : contribution de l’analyse morphométrique des Theridomyinae (Mammalia, Rodentia), Geodiversitas 31 4, 909-941

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

Zool. Pal. Franç., 2, Explan. pl. 47, p - 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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