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Yuomyidae ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3240701	https://www.gbif.org/species/3240701
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	260689	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=260689

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Yuomyidae

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
family	Yuomyidae	Dawson et al. 1984

Scientific Name

Yuomyidae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Yuomyidae	family	subjective synonym of Chapattimyidae	stated with evidence	Averianov, 1996
Yuomyidae	family	belongs to Rodentia	stated with evidence	Dashzeveg and Meng, 1998

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

55.8 - 48.6 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Rodentia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

D. Dashzeveg and J. Meng. 1998. New Eocene ctenodactyloid rodents from the Eastern Gobi Desert of Mongolia and a phylogenetic analysis of ctenodactyloids based on dental features. American Museum Novitates 3246\t:1-20

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Stelmomyinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)	4	55.8 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Yuomyinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Zoyphiomyinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Advenimus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	56.0 Ma Paleocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Bandaomys ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	55.8 Ma Eocene	55.8 Ma Eocene
Dianomys ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	8	37.2 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Euboromys ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	55.8 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene
Petrokozlovia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Yuomys ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	19	48.6 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1984	Yuomyidae Dawson et al.
1998	Yuomyidae Dashzeveg and Meng

References

Dashzeveg D., Meng J. (1998) New Eocene ctenodactyloid rodents from the Eastern Gobi Desert of Mongolia and a phylogenetic analysis of ctenodactyloids based on dental features, American Museum Novitates 3246\t, 1-20 doi:hdl.handle.net/2246/3235

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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

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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