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Microparamys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Microparamys Wood
1997Microparamys McKenna and Bell
2001Microparamys Dawson p. 1110
2018Microparamys Dawson and Constenius p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyIschyromyidaeAlston 1876
subfamilyMicroparamyinaeWood 1962
genusMicroparamys

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Microparamys Wood 1959
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†Microparamys bayi Dawson 2001
†Microparamys chandoni Hartenberger 1971
†Microparamys dubius Wood 1949
†Microparamys hottingeri Marandat 1989
†Microparamys lingchaensis Li et al. 1979
†Microparamys minutus Wilson 1937
†Microparamys nanus Teilhard de Jardin 1927
†Microparamys nimius Storer 1988
†Microparamys paisi Estravís 1994
†Microparamys sambucus Korth and Emry 1989
†Microparamys solidus Storer 1984
†Microparamys solis Dawson and Constenius 2018
†Microparamys tricus Wilson 1940
†Microparamys woodi Kelly and Whistler 1994
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 55.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (138 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene58.7 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) M. cheradius (80579)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) M. cheradius, M. sp. (15085)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) M. nanus (133368)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium (Brabant) M. nanus (35531)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Île-de-France) M. n. sp. (68437)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) M. sp. (31717)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon) M. sp. (182519)
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) M. cheradius (15701)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) M. sp. (15917 15930)
Lysitean - Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) M. sp. (15451)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (California) M. sp. (15677 15678)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3Canada (Northwest Territories) M. bayi (15583)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) M. cheradius (15692 15694 46821) M. hunterae (15673 15773 118482) M. sp. (15493 15504 15729 27268 46696 46800)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Corbieres) M. hottingeri (92838)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) M. hunterae (15700 80580)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Portugal (Região Centro) M. paisi, M. nanus (79200)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Var) M. chandoni (35538)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Hunan) M. lingchaensis (180725)
MP 1055.8 - 48.6Spain (Catalonia) M. sp., M. chandoni (182236)
MP 10 - MP 1155.8 - 40.4France M. sp. (183396)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) M. minutus (16092 16097 16098 16105 16107 16113 16137 16305 16309 16315 16418) M. sp. (15837 16296 16499) M. sp., M. minutus (16219 16227 16441)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Utah) M. minutus (16396)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Nevada) M. sambucus (16218)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Zamora) M. sp. (79704)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) M. monspeliensis (31762)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Spain (Salamanca) M. sp. (41311)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) M. minutus (16666 16669 16673 16674 16677 16678 16684 16689 16697 16702 16705 16706 16707 16708 16709 16710 16713 16714 16715 16716 16736 16737 16738 16745 16746 16747 16748 16750 16751 16752 16762) M. sp. (16718 16719 16733 16734) M. woodi (16694 16763 16764 16765)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) M. minutus (16651)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) M. dubius, M. solidus (16626)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) M. sp. (16542 16614)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) M. sp. (16780) M. woodi (16585 16766 16815 167831)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Montana) M. sp., M. solis (222922 222923)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) M. sp. (16603) M. tricus (16590 16796 16798 16799) M. woodi (16615 16784 16786 16787 16789 16793)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) M. minutus (16587) M. sp. (16624)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) M. dubius (16513 16514 16517 16630)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) M. dubius (16654) M. sp. (213066)
Late/Upper Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.0USA (California) M. minutus (16616) M. sp. (16529)
Uintan - Duchesnean46.2 - 37.0USA (California) M. tricus (16533)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Wyoming) M. dubius (16826) Sciuravus dubius (16884)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (California) M. tricus (16804 16806 16809 16810)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) M. sp. (16845)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Texas) M. perfossus (16822 16837 16851)