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Eomyodon ✝

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4829367https://www.gbif.org/species/4829367
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)87049https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=87049
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Eomyidae : Eomyodon
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
-Glires
orderRodentia
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyEomyidaeWinge 1887
genusEomyodonEngesser 1987
Scientific NameEomyodon Engesser, 1987
Name Published InEclogae Geol Helv 80 (3)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Eomyodongenusbelongs to Eomyidaestated with evidenceEngesser, 1987
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance28.4 - 22.4 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Rodentia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Werner. 1994. Beiträge zur Biostratigraphie der Unteren Süßwasser-Molasse Süddeutschlands - Rodentia und Lagomorpha (Mammalia) aus den Fundstellen der Ulmer Gegend. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie). 200:1-263

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Eomyodon mayoi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		528.4 Ma
Oligocene		28.4 Ma
Oligocene
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Eomyodon pusillus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		128.4 Ma
Oligocene		28.4 Ma
Oligocene
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Eomyodon staudachensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Eomyodon volkeri ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		228.4 Ma
Oligocene		28.4 Ma
Oligocene
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Eomyodon weidmanni ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		128.4 Ma
Oligocene		28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1987Eomyodon Engesser
2000Eomyodon Lopatin

References

Werner J. (1994) Beiträge zur Biostratigraphie der Unteren Süßwasser-Molasse Süddeutschlands - Rodentia und Lagomorpha (Mammalia) aus den Fundstellen der Ulmer Gegend., Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie). 200, 1-263
Lopatin A. V. (2000) New early Miocene Aplodontidae and Eomyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Aral Formation of the Altynshokysu Locality (North Aral Region), Paleontological Journal 34 2, 198-202
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
Eclogae Geol Helv 80 (3) - 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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