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Phoberomys burmeisteri

Description

Phoberomys burmeisteri is an extinct rodent that lived in the late Miocene of southern South America. Their remains were recovered from the Ituzaingó Formation in Entre Ríos Province, Argentina.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8609339https://www.gbif.org/species/8609339
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)253910https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=253910
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dinomyidae : Phoberomys : Phoberomys burmeisteri
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Neoepiblemidae : Phoberomys : Phoberomys burmeisteri
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
superfamilyChinchilloideaBennett 1833
familyNeoepiblemidaeKraglievich 1926
genusPhoberomysKraglievich 1926
speciesPhoberomys burmeisteriKraglievich 1926
Generic NamePhoberomys
Scientific NamePhoberomys burmeisteri Kraglievich, 1926
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Phoberomys burmeisterispeciesbelongs to Phoberomysstated with evidenceAmeghino, 1886
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance9.00 - 6.80 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance9.00 - 6.80 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Rodentia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. Kraglievich. 1926. Los grandes roedores terciarios de la Argentina y sus relaciones con ciertos géneros pleistocenos de las Antillas. Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 34:121-135
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoberomys_burmeisteri

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Phoberomys lozanoi Kraglievich, 1940GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dinomyidae : Phoberomys : Phoberomys lozanoi
Phoberomys insolita Kraglievich, 1940GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dinomyidae : Phoberomys : Phoberomys insolita
Phoberomys minima Kraglievich, 1940GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dinomyidae : Phoberomys : Phoberomys minima
Phoberomys praecursor Kraglievich, 1932GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dinomyidae : Phoberomys : Phoberomys praecursor

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1886Phoberomys burmeisteri Ameghino
1891Euphilus burmeisteri Ameghino p. 246
1926Phoberomys burmeisteri Kraglievich
1932Phoberomys praecursor Kraglievich
1940Phoberomys insolita Kraglievich
1940Phoberomys lozanoi Kraglievich
1940Phoberomys minima Kraglievich
2017Phoberomys burmeisteri Rasia and Candela

References

Kraglievich L. (1926) Los grandes roedores terciarios de la Argentina y sus relaciones con ciertos géneros pleistocenos de las Antillas, Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 34, 121-135
Kraglievich L. (1940) Los roedores de la familia extinguida Neoeppiblemidae, Obras en Geología y Paleontología, 741-764
Rasia L. L., Candela A. M. (2017) Reappraisal of the giant caviomorph rodent Phoberomys burmeisteri (Ameghino, 1886) from the late Miocene of northeastern Argentina, and the phylogeny and diversity of Neoepiblemidae, Historical Biology, 1-10 doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1294168
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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