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Mookomys subtilis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4972869	https://www.gbif.org/species/4972869
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	48812	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=48812

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Mookomys : Mookomys subtilis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Heteromyidae : Mookomys : Mookomys subtilis

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	Geomyoidea	Bonaparte 1845
family	Heteromyidae	Gray 1868
genus	Mookomys	Wood 1931
species	Mookomys subtilis	Lindsay 1972

Generic Name

Mookomys

Scientific Name

Mookomys subtilis (Lindsay, 1972)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Mookomys subtilis	species	belongs to Mookomys	stated with evidence	Lindsay, 1972
Mookomys subtilis	species	belongs to Heliscomys	stated without evidence	Korth, 1994

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

granivore, browser (based on Heteromyidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. H. Lindsay. 1972. Small mammal fossils from the Barstow Formation, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 93:1-104

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Heliscomys subtilis (Lindsay, 1972)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Mookomys : *Heliscomys subtilis*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1972	Mookomys subtilis Lindsay
1994	Heliscomys subtilis Korth
1997	Heliscomys subtilis Korth

References

Lindsay E. H. (1972) Small mammal fossils from the Barstow Formation, California, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 93, 1-104

Korth W. W. (1994) , The Tertiary Record of Rodents in North America

Korth W. W. (1997) A new subfamily of primitive pocket mice (Rodentia, Heteromyidae) from the middle Tertiary of North America, Paludicola 1 2, 33-66

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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