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Tsinlingomys ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4829291	https://www.gbif.org/species/4829291
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41956	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41956

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Chapattimyidae : Tsinlingomys

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Tsinlingomys

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
superfamily	Ctenodactyloidea
genus	Tsinlingomys	Li

Scientific Name

Tsinlingomys Li

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Tsinlingomys	genus	belongs to Sciuravidae	stated with evidence	Li, 1963
Tsinlingomys	genus	belongs to Advenimurinae	stated with evidence	Dashzeveg, 1990
Tsinlingomys	genus	belongs to Tamquammyidae	stated with evidence	Averianov, 1996
Tsinlingomys	genus	belongs to Ctenodactylidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Tsinlingomys	genus	belongs to Tsinlingomyinae	stated with evidence	Tong, 1997
Tsinlingomys	genus	belongs to Ctenodactyloidea	stated with evidence	Li and Meng, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

48.6 - 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)

C.-K. Li. 1963. Paramyid and Sciuravids from North China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 7(2):151-160

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Tsinlingomys youngi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	48.6 Ma Eocene	48.6 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1963	Tsinlingomys Li
1990	Tsinlingomys Dashzeveg
1996	Tsinlingomys Averianov
1997	Tsinlingomys McKenna and Bell
1997	Tsinlingomys Tong
2015	Tsinlingomys Li and Meng

References

Li C.-K. (1963) Paramyid and Sciuravids from North China, Vertebrata PalAsiatica 7 2, 151-160

Dashzeveg D. (1990) The earliest rodents (Rodentia, Ctenodactyloidea) of Central Asia, Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 33 2, 11-35

Averianov A. O. (1996) Early Eocene Rodentia of Kyrgyzstan, Bulletin du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, 4e serie 18, 629-662

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Tong Y. (1997) Middle Eocene Small Mammals from Liguanqiao Basin of Henan Province and Yuanqu Basin of Shanxi Province, Central China, Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 26, 1-256

Li Q., Meng J. (2015) New ctenodactyloid rodents from the Erlian Basin, Nei Mongol, China, and the phylogenetic relationships of Eocene Asian ctenodactyloids, American Museum Novitates 3828, 1-58

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

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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