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Paramyocastor âśť

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4829106https://www.gbif.org/species/4829106
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)120176https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=120176
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Echimyidae : Paramyocastor
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Myocastoridae : Paramyocastor
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
-Glires
orderRodentia
suborderHystricomorpha
infraorderHystricognathi
-Caviomorpha
superfamilyOctodontoideaWaterhouse 1839
familyMyocastoridae
genusParamyocastorAmeghino 1904
Scientific NameParamyocastor Ameghino, 1904
Name Published InAn. Soc. ci. Argent., 58
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Paramyocastorgenusbelongs to Myocastoridaestated with evidenceAmeghino, 1904
Paramyocastorgenusbelongs to Myocastorinaestated without evidencePatterson and Pascual, 1968
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance6.80 - 4.00 Ma
Neogene
Last Recorded Appearance3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Myocastoridae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Paramyocastor diligens âśť
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
126.80 Ma
Miocene
3.60 Ma
Pliocene
Paramyocastor intactus
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1904Paramyocastor Ameghino p. 103
1914Isomyopotamus Rovereto
1968Isomyopotamus Patterson and Pascual
1968Paramyocastor Patterson and Pascual
1997Isomyopotamus McKenna and Bell
2012Paramyocastor Deschamps et al.

References

Ameghino F. (1904) Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic], Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58, 1-142
Patterson B., Pascual R. (1968) New echimyid rodents from the Oligocene of Patagonia, and a synopsis of the family, Breviora 301, 1-14
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Deschamps C. M., Vucetich M. G., et al (2012) Biostratigraphy and correlation of the Monte Hermoso Formation (early Pliocene, Argentina): The evidence from caviomorph rodents, Journal of South American Earth Sciences 35, 1-9
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
An. Soc. ci. Argent., 58 - 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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