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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8697654	https://www.gbif.org/species/8697654
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	336969	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=336969

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Dasyproctidae : Andemys

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Andemys

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
suborder	Hystricomorpha
infraorder	Hystricognathi
-	Caviomorpha
superfamily	Cavioidea	Fischer de Waldheim 1817
genus	Andemys	Bertrand Flynn Croft & Wyss 2012

Scientific Name

Andemys Bertrand, Flynn, Croft & Wyss, 2012

Name Published In

Article title: Two new taxa (Caviomorpha, Rodentia) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca fauna (Chile).

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Andemys	genus	belongs to Cavioidea	stated with evidence	Bertrand et al., 2012

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Last Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Rodentia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

O. C. Bertrand, J. J. Flynn, and D. A. Croft, A. R. Wyss. 2012. Two new taxa (Caviomorpha, Rodentia) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca fauna (Chile). American Museum Novitates 3750:1-36

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Andemys termasi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2012	Andemys Bertrand et al.

References

Bertrand O. C., Flynn J. J., et al (2012) Two new taxa (Caviomorpha, Rodentia) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca fauna (Chile), American Museum Novitates 3750, 1-36 doi:10.1206/3750.2

inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

inferred from original work (title)/web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

www.organismnames.com (Mar 2015) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

American Museum Novitates 3750: -. [1-36] - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Article title: Two new taxa (Caviomorpha, Rodentia) from the Early Oligocene Tinguiririca fauna (Chile). - 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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