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Lophiparamys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

Taxonomy
Lophiparamys was named by Wood (1962). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Microparamyinae by Dawson (2001); and to Ischyromyidae by Wood (1962), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Strait et al. (2016).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Lophiparamys Wood
1997Lophiparamys McKenna and Bell
2001Lophiparamys Dawson p. 1110
2016Lophiparamys Strait 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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
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
genusLophiparamys

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. †Lophiparamys Wood 1962
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Lophiparamys murinus Matthew 1918
Lophiparamys woodi Guthrie 1971
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Wasatchian or 55.80000 to 50.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) L. murinus (15895)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) L. debequensis (15446 15448)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) L. debequensis (15225)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) L. debequensis (15964) L. murinus (15673 118482) L. woodi (15942) Paramys murinus (15910)
Wasatchian - Bridgerian55.8 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Sciuravidae indet. (16249)