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Adapoidea

Mammalia - Primates

Taxonomy
Adapoidea was named by Trouessart (1879). It is extant.

It was assigned to Euprimates by Bloch et al. (2007); to Strepsirrhini by Rose et al. (2007) and Rose et al. (2009); to Adapiformes by Fleagle (2013); and to Adapiformes by Gilbert et al. (2017).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Adapoidea Trouessart
2007Adapoidea Bloch et al. p. 1162
2007Adapoidea Rose et al. p. 380
2009Adapoidea Rose et al. p. 369
2013Adapoidea Fleagle
2017Adapoidea Gilbert 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
Euarchonta
orderPrimates
suborderStrepsirrhiniGeoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1812
infraorderAdapiformesHoffstetter 1977
superfamilyAdapoideaTrouessart 1879
superfamilyAdapoideaTrouessart 1879

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.

Superfm. Adapoidea Trouessart 1879
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Fm. †Notharctidae Trouessart 1879
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Subfm. †Asiadapinae Rose et al. 2009
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G. †Asiadapis Rose et al. 2007
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Asiadapis cambayensis Rose et al. 2007
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Invalid names: Suratius robustus Bajpai et al. 2007 [synonym]
Asiadapis tapiensis Rose et al. 2018
Invalid names: Suratius Bajpai et al. 2007 [synonym]
G. †Marcgodinotius Bajpai et al. 2005
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Marcgodinotius indicus Bajpai et al. 2005
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Invalid names: Anthrasimias gujaratensis Bajpai et al. 2008 [synonym]
Invalid names: Anthrasimias Bajpai et al. 2008 [synonym]
G. †Cantius Simons 1962
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Cantius abditus Gingerich and Simons 1977
Cantius actius Gunnell 1995
Cantius angulatus Cope 1875
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Invalid names: Smilodectes gingerichi Beard 1988 [synonym]
Cantius eppsi Cooper 1932
Cantius frugivorus Cope 1875
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Invalid names: Copelemur feretutus Gingerich and Simons 1977 [synonym]
Cantius mckennai Gingerich and Simons 1977
Cantius nunienus Cope 1881
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Invalid names: Copelemur consortutus Gingerich and Simons 1977 [synonym], Notharctus limosus Gazin 1952 [synonym]
Cantius ralstoni Matthew 1915
Cantius savagei Gingerich 1977
Cantius simonsi Gunnell 2002
Cantius torresi Gingerich 1986
Cantius trigonodus Matthew 1915
Invalid names: Hesperolemur Gunnell 1995 [synonym]
Subfm. †Cercamoniinae Gingerich 1975
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G. †Agerinia Crusafont-Pairó and Golpe-Posse 1973
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Agerinia marandati Femenias-Gual et al. 2017
Agerinia roselli Crusafont-Pairó 1967
Agerinia smithorum Femenias-Gual et al. 2016
Invalid names: Agerina Crusafont Pairó 1967 [replaced]
Tr. †Anchomomyini Szalay and Delson 1979
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G. †Anchomomys Stehlin 1916
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Subg. †Anchomomys (Fendantia) Schwartz and Tattersall 1983
Subg. †Anchomomys (Huerzeleris) Szalay 1974
Anchomomys frontanyensis Marigó et al. 2011
Anchomomys gaillardi Stehlin 1916
Anchomomys latidens Teilhard de Chardin 1921
Anchomomys milleri Simons 1997
Anchomomys stehlini Gingerich 1977
Invalid names: Laurasia Schwartz and Tattersall 1983 [synonym]
G. †Mazateronodon Marigó et al. 2010
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Mazateronodon endemicus Marigó et al. 2010
Invalid names: Shizarodon Gheerbrant et al. 1993 [nomen dubium], Shizarodon dhofarensis Gheerbrant et al. 1993 [nomen dubium]
G. †Barnesia Thalmann 1994
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Barnesia hauboldi Gebo 2002
G. †Buxella Godinot 1988
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Buxella magna Godinot 1988
Buxella prisca Godinot 1988
G. †Cercamonius Gingerich 1975
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G. †Europolemur Weigelt 1933
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Europolemur kelleri Franzen 2000
Europolemur klatti Weigelt 1933
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Invalid names: Alsatia dunaifi Tattersall and Schwartz 1983 [synonym]
Europolemur koenigswaldi Franzen 1987
Europolemur midiensis Godinot et al. 2018
Invalid names: Alsatia Tattersall and Schwartz 1983 [synonym]
G. †Nievesia Marigó et al. 2013
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Nievesia sossisensis Marigó et al. 2013
G. †Panobius Russell and Gingerich 1987
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Panobius afridi Russell and Gingerich 1987
Panobius amplior Gunnell et al. 2008
Panobius russelli Gunnell et al. 2008
G. †Periconodon Stehlin 1916
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Periconodon helleri Schwartz et al. 1983
Periconodon helveticus Rütimeyer 1891
Periconodon huerzeleri Gingerich 1977
Periconodon jaegeri Godinot 1988
Periconodon lemoinei Gingerich 1977
Invalid names: Hallelemur Schwartz et al. 1983 [synonym]
Invalid names: Anchomomynini Szalay and Delson 1979 [empty]
Subfm. †Notharctinae Trouessart 1879
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G. †Copelemur Gingerich and Simons 1977
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Copelemur praetutus Gazin 1962
Copelemur tutus Cope 1877
G. †Notharctus Leidy 1870
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Notharctus robinsoni Gingerich 1979
Notharctus robustior Leidy 1872
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Invalid names: Telmatolestes crassus Marsh 1872 [synonym]
Notharctus tenebrosus Leidy 1870
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Invalid names: Hipposyus formosus Leidy 1872 [synonym], Limnotherium affine Marsh 1872 [synonym], Limnotherium tyrannus Marsh 1871 [synonym], Notharctus formosus Gregory 1916 [synonym], Notharctus osborni Granger and Gregory 1917 [synonym], Notharctus pugnax Granger and Gregory 1917 [synonym], Thinolestes anceps Marsh 1872 [synonym], Tomitherium rostratum Cope 1872 [synonym]
Notharctus venticolus Osborn 1902
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Invalid names: Cantius antediluvius Kihm 1992 [synonym]
Invalid names: Hipposyus Leidy 1872 [synonym], Limnotherium Marsh 1871 [synonym], Pelycodus relictus Gregory 1917 [nomen nudum], Telmalestes Marsh 1872 [synonym], Thinolestes Marsh 1872 [synonym], Tomitherium Cope 1872 [synonym]
Subfm. †Pondaunginae Ciochon and Holroyd 1994
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Invalid names: Siamopithecini Gunnell et al. 2002 [empty]
G. †Rouzilemur Godinot et al. 2018
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Rouzilemur pulcher Godinot et al. 2018
G. †Smilodectes Wortman 1903
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Smilodectes gracilis Marsh 1871
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Invalid names: Aphanolemur gibbosus Granger and Gregory 1917 [synonym], Notharctus matthewi Granger and Gregory 1917 [synonym]
Smilodectes mcgrewi Gingerich 1979
Smilodectes sororis Gunnell 2002
Invalid names: Aphanolemur Granger and Gregory 1917 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 30 gg
Minimum body mass: 30 gg
Body mass estimate: 30 g
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:27:51
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:27:51
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Legendre 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 55.80000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (584 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian - Early/Lower Eocene59.2 - 48.6France (Marne) Cantius eppsi (133367)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom Cantius eppsi (87950)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aude) Cercamoniinae n. gen. (182641)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Oise) Cantius sp. (68174)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan (Balochistan) Panobius russelli (87933)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Agerinia roselli (179574)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Hérault) Agerina sp. (181563)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Protoadapis eppsi (38868)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Gujarat) Marcgodinotius indicus, Asiadapis cambayensis (180565) Marcgodinotius indicus, Asiadapis tapiensis (180566) Marcgodinotius sp., Marcgodinotius indicus, Asiadapis sp., Primates indet. 2, Adapoidea indet. (55494)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) Cantius savagei (35533 35535) Periconodon lemoinei (35539)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain (Lleida) Agerinia marandati (142031) Agerinia smithorum (182271 210711 210712) Agerinia sp. (187320 210713)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Île-de-France) Cantius epppsi (68437)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Occitanie) Rouzilemur pulcher, Europolemur midiensis (195457)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Anchomomys gaillardi (31717)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Anchomomys n. sp., Europolemur klatti (182519)
Graybullian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Cantius abditus (15701) Pelycodus mckennai (15878) Pelycodus ralstoni (15875)
Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Notharctus nunienus (15930) Notharctus sp., Notharctus venticolus (15915) Notharctus venticolus (15945 16073 16076) Notharctus venticolus, Notharctus nunienus (15917)
Lysitean - Lostcabinian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Notharctus sp. (15451)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (New Mexico) Cantius angulatus, Copelemur tutus, Pelycodus frugivorus (15663) Cantius frugivorus (15433 15443) Copelemur sp. (15448) Copelemur tutus (15446) Copelemur tutus, Pelycodus angulatus, Pelycodus frugivorus (15430) Smilodectes gingerichi (15432)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Wyoming) Cantius abditus (15576 15578 15687 15688 15689 15692 15694 15703 15707 46682 46683 46692 46695 46696 46701 46702 46704 46707 46709 46711 46714 46718 46728 46729 46734 46735 46736 46740 46742 46745 46746 46748 46752 46754 46755 46763 46765 46766 46767 46810 46811 46820 46825 46826 46846 46847 46849 46851) Cantius abditus, Cantius frugivorus (46699 46712) Cantius abditus, Cantius trigonodus (15526 15577) Cantius abditus, Copelemur feretutus (46700 46706) Cantius frugivorus (186932 186934 186950 186951) Cantius frugivorus, Cantius venticolus (15841) Cantius frugivorus, Copelemur australotutus (186931 186935 186939 186946) Cantius mckennai (15471 15477 15478 15525 15586 15588 15592 15593 15594 15673 15682 15683 15699 15727 15884 16037 46636 46639 46642 46643 46644 46645 46648 46656 46665 46668 46669 46670 46672 46673 46674 46680 46685 46687 46688 46690 46691 46693 46697 46721 46724 46727 46768 46769 46770 46772 46773 46774 46777 46780 46781 46782 46783 46784 46785 46787 46788 46789 46790 46791 46792 46794 46795 46796 46797 46798 46799 46800 46801 46803 46804 46805 46806 46807 46808 46809 46812 46813 46814 46815 46818 46819 46821 46828 46830 46831 46834 46838 46841 46844 46852) Cantius mckennai, Cantius ralstoni (46822) Cantius mckennai, Cantius trigonodus (15468 46759) Cantius nunienus, Notharctus venticolus (27268) Cantius ralstoni (15587 15589 15590 15788 16043 16044 46637 46640 46652 46657 46659 46662 46726 46823) Cantius simonsi (88210) Cantius sp. (15493 15504 15515 15933 15934) Cantius sp., Cantius frugivorus (15454) Cantius sp., Pelycodus abditus (15553) Cantius torresi (15759 15760 16035) Cantius trigonodus (15695 15696 15697 15702 15704 15705 46717 46720 46730 46731 46732 46733 46739 46749 46753 46756 46757 46758 46760 46761 46762 46843 46845) Cantius venticolus (16070) Copelemur australotutus (15597 186936 186947) Copelemur feretutus, Pelycodus jarrovii (15964) Copelemur praetutus (16071) Copelemur sp., Cantius abditus (15552 15573) Copelemur sp., Cantius mckennai (118482) Copelemur tutus (186941) Notharctus limosus (15479 15724) Notharctus nunienus (15456 15486 15665 15667 15670 15839 15842 15848 15849 15852 16074) Notharctus robinsoni (15942) Notharctus sp. (15843) Notharctus venticolus (15642 15902 15907) Notharctus venticolus, Notharctus limosus (15662) Notharctus venticolus, Notharctus nunienus (15710) Pelycodus abditus (15542 15543 15544 15546 15547 15548 15549 15550 15556 15560 15563) Pelycodus abditus, Copelemur consortutus (15554 15555 15557 15558) Pelycodus abditus, Pelycodus frugivorus (15551) Pelycodus frugivorus (15565) Pelycodus jarrovii (15564 15566 15567 15596) Pelycodus mckennai (15744 15765 15770 15779 15786 15790 15912 15932 16016 16017 16018 16021 16024 16027 16029 16032 16055) Pelycodus praetutus, Pelycodus trigonodus (15455) Pelycodus ralstoni (15491 15729 15738 15739 15749 15793) Pelycodus sp. (15495 15503 15505 15507 15509 15510 15511 15512 15513 15514 15516 15517 15518 15520 15521 15522 15523 15524 15531 15532 15534 15538 15657 15846 15893) Pelycodus sp., Pelycodus abditus (15536 15541) Pelycodus trigonodus (15656 15721 15723 15768 15889 87906) Pelycodus trigonodus, Pelycodus praetutus (15717)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (North Dakota) Pelycodus ralstoni (15895)
Wasatchian55.8 - 50.3USA (Colorado) Cantius abditus (15225 15280 15289 15319 15361 15374 15375 15377 15381 15384 15385 15389) Cantius abditus, Cantius frugivorus (15282 15293 15392) Cantius abditus, Cantius trigonodus (15274 15290) Cantius frugivorus (15294 15297 15305 15314 15325 15338 15341 15406 15409 15410 15418 15419) Cantius mckennai (15222 15273 15350 15353 15354) Cantius ralstoni (15429) Cantius sp. (15428) Cantius trigonodus (15221 15264 15277 15288 15310) Copelemur praetutus (15357) Notharctus nunienus (15650) Pelycodus mckennai (15450 15480 15485 15660 15725 15845 15855 15862 15864 15865 15868 15870 15887)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6France (Var) Agerinia sp. (35538)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Wyoming) Cantius abditus (15684 15685 15690 15691 15700) Cantius abditus, Copelemur feretutus (15680) Cantius sp. (15679) Cantius torresi (154262 154271 154277 154282) Cantius trigonodus (15681)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Panobius afridi (87961)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Spain (Lleida) Agerina roselli (88345)
MP 1055.8 - 48.6Spain (Catalonia) Agerinia sp., Cantius sp. (182236)
MP 1055.8 - 48.6Spain (Huesca) Agerina roselli (88346) Agerinia sp. (187315)
MP 8 + 955.8 - 48.6France (Picardie) Agerinia sp. (84997)
Wasatchian - Bridgerian55.8 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Notharctus nunienus (15669) Notharctus sp. (15713 16134)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Wyoming) Aphanolemur gibossus, Notharctus pugnax, Notharctus tenebrosus (16284) Cantius nunienus, Notharctus robinsoni, Notharctus venticolus, Smilodectes sp. (15837) Copelemur sp. (16204 16388) Notharctus gracilis (16287) Notharctus nunienus (16207) Notharctus pugnax, Notharctus tenebrosus (16201) Notharctus pugnax, Notharctus tenebrosus, Notharctus gracilis (16205) Notharctus pugnax, Notharctus tenebrosus, Smilodectes gracilis (16228) Notharctus robinsoni (16091 16098 16224 16254 16271 16274 16301 16302 16307 16310 16315 16341 16348 16351 16397) Notharctus robinsoni, Smilodectes mcgrewi (16090 16100 16105 16107 16273 16305 16309 16312 16313 16314 16319 27269) Notharctus robustior (16234 16235 16236 16406 16647) Notharctus sp. (16085 16137 16138 16139 16203 16209 16223 16233 16296 16355 16356 16366 16384 16389 16393 16400 16418 16443 16453 16482 16486) Notharctus sp., Smilodectes gracilis (16357 16372) Notharctus tenebrosus (16082 16210 16255 16280 16412 22631 226067) Notharctus tenebrosus, Tomitherium rostratum (16136) Notharctus venticolus (16198) Smilodectes gracilis (16083 16245 16276 16289 16369 16370 16374 16441 16448 129895) Smilodectes gracilis, Notharctus nunienus (16394) Smilodectes gracilis, Notharctus tenebrosus (16079 16219 16232 16500) Smilodectes mcgrewi (16093 16097 16102 16108 16109 16111 16113 16114 16116 16122 16125 16126 16127 16128 16129 16270 16291 16306 16321 16350 87311) Smilodectes sp., Notharctus robinsoni (16415)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Nevada) Notharctus tenebrosus (16218)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Utah) Notharctus tenebrosus, Smilodectes gracilis (16396)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (New Mexico) Notharctus tenebrosus (16230)
Bridgerian50.3 - 46.2USA (Colorado) Notharctus nunienus (16241 16242) Notharctus nunienus, Notharctus nunienus (16240) Smilodectes gracilis (16239)
Bridgerian - Uintan50.3 - 40.4USA (Wyoming) Notharctus sp. (223478)
MP 1148.6 - 40.4Germany (Hessen) Europolemur koenigswaldi (58140)
MP 1348.6 - 40.4Germany (Eifel) Periconodon sp., Europolemur klatti (24201)
MP 13 - MP 1448.6 - 40.4France (Quercy) Buxella sp. (36875)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Spain (Salamanca) Anchomomys stehlini (41311)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Spain (Zamora) Anchomomys sp. (79704)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Alsace Region) Periconodon huerzeleri (31609)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Gard) Anchomomys sp. (59129)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Agerinia sp., Panobius afridi, Panobius amplior (28978)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) Periconodon roselli (13322)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Anchomomys pygmaeus (31723)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Colorado) Notharctus robustior (16623)
Early/Lower Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (California) Hesperolemur actius (16705 16747 16750)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Texas) Notharctus tenebrosus (16587)
Uintan46.2 - 40.4USA (Wyoming) Notharctus robustior (16648)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Rhone-Alpes Region) Anchomomys gaillardi (31741)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Huesca) Agerinia sp. (184168)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Anchomomys stehlini, Anchomomys gaillardi (31719) Periconodon helveticus, Anchomomys pygmaeus (31718)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Barcelona) Anchomomys frontanyensis (182221) Anchomomys new species (142030) Anchomomys sp. (182219)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie Region) Anchomomys grisollensis (12847 31584)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Anchomomys quercyi (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) Mazateronodon endemicus (40358)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Nievesia sossisensis (31751)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Midi-Pyrénées) Cercamonius brachyrhynchus (87912)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Shizarodon dhofarensis (162464)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) Anchomomys milleri (60127)