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Leidymys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Leidymys Wood
1961Cotimus Black
1969Cotimus Alker
1976Cotimus Nichols
1997Cotimus McKenna and Bell
1997Leidymys McKenna and Bell
2014Leidymys Korth p. 391
2020Leidymys Lofgren et al.

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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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusLeidymys

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. †Leidymys Wood 1936
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Leidymys alicae Black 1961
Leidymys azybaevi Shevyreva 1994
Leidymys blacki Macdonald 1963
Leidymys cerasus Korth 1992
Leidymys juxtaparvulus Korth 2010
Leidymys korthi Williams and Storer 1998
Leidymys nematodon Cope 1879
Invalid names: Cotimus Black 1961 [synonym]
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, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Whitneyan to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 33.30000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) L. blacki, L. juxtaparvulus (170168) L. sp. (17371)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (Montana) L. sp. (230863)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) L. blacki (17494 17495 17566 17597 17709)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (South Dakota) Eumys blacki (17635 17636 17638 17641)
Geringian - Monroecreekian30.8 - 24.8USA (Florida) L. sp. (17726)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Oregon) L. alicae, L. lockingtonianus, L. nematodon (212628) L. sp. (93080)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Florida) L. sp. (17859)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) L. blacki (17567 17708)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Montana) L. sp. (17540 17543 17700)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) L. sp. (17497 17701)
early Early Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) L. nematodon (167847)
early Early Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) L. blacki (156729)
early Early Arikareean - early Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) L. nematodon (175251)
late Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) L. nematodon (167836 167843 167848 167849 167850 167851 167852 167853 167854 167856) L. sp. (167855) L. sp., L. nematodon (167839)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Oregon) L. sp. (17603 93079)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Florida) L. sp. (17860)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8Canada (Saskatchewan) L. sp. (17526)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (South Dakota) Cricetid indet. (17561 17564)
Monroecreekian - Harrisonian26.3 - 18.5USA (Oregon) L. sp. (17528)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (California) L. nematodon (17742)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) L. cerasus (17802 17816) L. sp. (17843 28043 69806)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (Bayern) Cotimus medius (48493 48511 48512)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Cotimus medius (48320)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) L. sp. (167840 167841 167842)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Canada (Saskatchewan) L. blacki (18003)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) L. sp. (17877 17878 17912 17914)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) L. sp. (19595)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bayern) Cotimus medius (48318)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) Cotimus latior (49421)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bayern) Cotimus medius (48476)