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Stephanomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Stephanomys was named by Schaub (1938). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
S. ramblensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. balcellsi, S. debruijni, S. donnezani, S. dubari

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Stephanomys Schaub
1997Stephanomys McKenna and Bell

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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
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
genusStephanomysSchaub 1938

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. †Stephanomys Schaub 1938
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†Stephanomys ramblensis van de Weerd 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:15:11
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Gelasian or 7.24600 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Spain (Castellon) S. ramblensis (34928)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Granada) S. ramblensis (26752)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain S. sp. (79628)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Albacete) S. ramblensis (41930)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) S. ramblensis (40758)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Andalusia) S. ramblensis (36108 36109 36111)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Aragon) S. ramblensis (35320 35321 35341 35342 35346)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) S. sp. (172914 199860)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) S. debruijni (144566)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Portugal S. ramblensis (91423)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Spain S. dubari (68317)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) S. ramblensis (65955)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Spain (Aragon) S. ramblensis (38803)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain (Murcia) S. dubari (185681)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Granada) S. thaleri (35252 35256)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Aragon) S. donnezani (32103 32104) S. minor (35344 35345) S. sp. (35343)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Soria) S. donnezani (40548)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Andalucia) S. minor (35000) S. minor, S. donnezani (34996 34997) S. minor, S. thaleri (34999)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Albacete) S. donnezani (41943 41944)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2France (Roussillon) S. donnezani (35064)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (Albacete) S. balcellsi (41931 41932) S. progressus (41933)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) S. donnezani (36103)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Spain (Andalucia) S. balcellsi (35038)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Spain (Alcolea de Calatrava) S. minor (224542)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) S. donnezani (32109) S. sp. (32110) S. thaleri (32112)
MN 163.2 - 2.588France (Languedoc Roussillon Region) S. balcellsi (37049)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Andalucia) S. minor (35001) S. minor, S. thaleri (34998 35002)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Castellon) S. progressus (34929 34930)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Spain (Granada) S. sp. (77773)