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Yuomys cavioides

Osteichthyes - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Yuomys cavioides was named by Li (1975). Its type specimen is IVPP V4796, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jentsen, southern bank of Huangho, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Yuanchu Formation of China. It is the type species of Yuomys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Yuomys cavioides Li

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
superfamilyCtenodactyloidea
genusYuomys
speciescavioides

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.

†Yuomys cavioides Li 1975
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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, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Middle Eocene or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Henan) Yuomys cavioides (41120)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Henan) Yuomys cavioides (type locality: 180849)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Nei Mongol) Yuomys cavioides, Yuomys cavioides (28786)