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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3239366	https://www.gbif.org/species/3239366
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	258856	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=258856

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Didymoconidae : Archaeoryctes

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didymoconida : Archaeoryctes

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
order	Didymoconida
genus	Archaeoryctes	Zheng 1979

Scientific Name

Archaeoryctes Zheng, 1979

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Archaeoryctes	genus	belongs to Notoungulata	stated with evidence	Zheng, 1979
Archaeoryctes	genus	belongs to Ardynictinae	stated without evidence	Lopatin, 2006
Archaeoryctes	genus	belongs to Didymoconidae	stated with evidence	Missiaen et al., 2013

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.7 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Mammaliaformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

S.-Y. Ting, J. Meng, and Q. Li, Y.-Q. Wang, Y.-S. Tong, J. A. Schiebout, P. L. Koch, W. C. Clyde, G. J. Bowen. 2007. Ganungulatum xincunliense, an artiodactyl-like mammal (Ungulata, Mammalia) from the Paleocene, Chijiang Basin, Jiangxi, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 45(4):278-286

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Archaeoryctes borealis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Archaeoryctes euryalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	58.7 Ma Paleocene	58.7 Ma Paleocene
Archaeoryctes notialis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	58.7 Ma Paleocene	58.7 Ma Paleocene
Archaeoryctes wangi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1979	Archaeoryctes Zheng
2006	Archaeoryctes Lopatin
2013	Archaeoryctes Missiaen et al.

References

Ting S.-Y., Meng J., et al (2007) Ganungulatum xincunliense, an artiodactyl-like mammal (Ungulata, Mammalia) from the Paleocene, Chijiang Basin, Jiangxi, China, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 45 4, 278-286

Lopatin A. V. (2006) Early Paleogene insectivore mammals of Asia and establishment of the major groups of Insectivora, Paleontological Journal 40 3, S205-S405

Missiaen P., Solé F., et al (2013) A new species of Archaeoryctes from the Middle Paleocene of China and the phylogenetic diversification of Didymoconidae, Geologica Belgica 16 4, 245-253

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

Gingerich, 1981 - 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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