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Marymus dalanae

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Diatomyidae

Taxonomy
Marymus dalanae was named by Flynn (2007). Its type specimen is Z2353, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Z113, which is in an Aquitanian terrestrial horizon in the Chitarwata Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Marymus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Marymus dalanae Flynn

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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
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
familyDiatomyidae
genusMarymus
speciesdalanae

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.

†Marymus dalanae Flynn 2007
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Pakistan (Baluchistan) Marymus dalanae (179934 179935)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Pakistan (Baluchistan) Marymus dalanae (type locality: 179933)