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Diplolophus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)41375https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41375
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Diplolophus
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
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
subfamilyNonomyinaeMartin 1980
genusDiplolophusTroxell 1923
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Diplolophusgenusbelongs to Protrogomorphastated without evidenceTroxell, 1923
Diplolophusgenusbelongs to Nonomyinaestated with evidenceWalsh, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 33.3 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance33.9 - 33.3 Ma
Oligocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Rodentia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Diplolophus insolens
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
633.9 Ma
Oligocene
33.9 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1923Diplolophus Troxell
1936Gidleumys Wood
1994Diplolophus Korth
2010Diplolophus Walsh p. 1612

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Wood A. E. (1936) Geomyid rodents from the Middle Tertiary, American Museum Novitates 866
Korth W. W. (1994) , The Tertiary Record of Rodents in North America
Walsh S. L. (2010) New myomorph rodents from the Eocene of Southern California, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30 5, 1610-1621
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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