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Allosminthus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4829220	https://www.gbif.org/species/4829220
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	332779	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=332779

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dipodidae : Allosminthus

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
superfamily	Dipodoidea	Fischer 1817
family	Dipodidae	Waterhouse 1842
genus	Allosminthus	Wang 1985

Scientific Name

Allosminthus Wang, 1985

Name Published In

Mainzer Geowiss. Mitt. 14

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Allosminthus	genus	belongs to Dipodidae	stated with evidence	Wang, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore, insectivore (based on Dipodidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B.-Y. Wang. 2008. Additional rodent material from Houldjin Formation of Erenhot, Nei Mongol, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 46(1):21-30

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Allosminthus diconjugatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	48.6 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Allosminthus ernos ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Allosminthus khandae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Allosminthus majusculus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Allosminthus uniconjugatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Banyuesminthus diconjugatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Banyuesminthus uniconjugatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Tatalsminthus khandae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1985	Allosminthus Wang
2001	Tatalsminthus Daxner-Höck
2008	Allosminthus Wang

References

Wang B.-Y. (2008) Additional rodent material from Houldjin Formation of Erenhot, Nei Mongol, China, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 46 1, 21-30

Daxner-Höck G. (2001) New zapodids (Rodentia) from Oligocene-Miocene deposits in Mongolia. Part 1, Senckenbergiana Lethaea 81 2, 359-389

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

Mainzer Geowiss. Mitt. 14 - 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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