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Pipestoneomyidae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Pipestoneomyidae

Taxonomy

Pipestoneomyidae was named by Korth and Emry (2013).

It was assigned to Eomyoidea by Korth and Emry (2013); and to Rodentia by Korth et al. (2022).

Subtaxa

Argorheomys, Pipestoneomys

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2013	Pipestoneomyidae Korth and Emry p. 289
2022	Pipestoneomyidae Korth et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
family	Pipestoneomyidae
family	Pipestoneomyidae

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.

Fm. †Pipestoneomyidae Korth and Emry 2013

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G. †Argorheomys Korth and Emry 2013

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†Argorheomys septentrionalis Korth and Emry 2013

G. †Pipestoneomys Donohoe 1956

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†Pipestoneomys bisulcatus Donohoe 1956

†Pipestoneomys pattersoni Alf 1962

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Duchesnean or 37.20000 to 37.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Duchesnean	39.7 - 37.0	Canada (Saskatchewan)	Argorheomys septentrionalis, Yoderimys sp. (16845)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Montana)	Pipestoneomys bisulcatus (16988)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Nebraska)	Pipestoneomys bisulcatus (16930 17014)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Wyoming)	Pipestoneomys bisulcatus (17009)
Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (North Dakota)	Pipestoneomys sp. (16991)
Late/Upper Chadronian	37.2 - 33.9	USA (Montana)	Pipestoneomys bisulcatus (17027)
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan	37.2 - 33.3	USA (Nebraska)	Pipestoneomys pattersoni (230806)