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Anomoemys ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4829086	https://www.gbif.org/species/4829086
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41425	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41425

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cylindrodontidae : Anomoemys

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
family	Cylindrodontidae	Miller and Gidley 1918
genus	Anomoemys	Wang Banyue 1986

Scientific Name

Anomoemys Wang Banyue, 1986

Name Published In

Vertebr Palasiat 24 (4)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Anomoemys	genus	belongs to Cylindrodontidae	stated with evidence	Wang, 1986
Anomoemys	genus	belongs to Cylindrodontidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Anomoemys	genus	belongs to Cylindrodontidae	stated with evidence	Gomes Rodrigues et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

46.2 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Rodentia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B. Wang. 1986. On the Systematic Position of Prosciurus lohiculus. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 24(4):285-294

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pareumys lewisi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	46.2 Ma Eocene	40.4 Ma Eocene
Prosciurus lohiculus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	33.9 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1986	Anomoemys Wang
1993	Anomoemys Huang
1997	Anomoemys McKenna and Bell
2014	Anomoemys Gomes Rodrigues et al.

References

Wang B. (1986) On the Systematic Position of Prosciurus lohiculus, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 24 4, 285-294

Huang X. (1993) Cylindrodontidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Middle Oligocene of Ulantatal, Nei Mongol, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 31 1, 33-43

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

Gomes Rodrigues H., Marivaux L., et al (2014) Rodent paleocommunities from the Oligocene of Ulantatal (Inner Mongolia, China), Palaeovertebrata 38 1, e3:1-11 doi:10.18563/pv.38.1.e3

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

Vertebr Palasiat 24 (4) - 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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