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Zoyphiomys grandis

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy

Zoyphiomys grandis was named by Tong (1997). Its type specimen is IVPP V10275, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shipigou, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hetaoyuan Formation of China.

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1997	Zoyphiomys grandis Tong

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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	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	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
—	Ctenohystrica	Huchon et al. 2000
superfamily	Ctenodactyloidea
genus	Zoyphiomys
species	grandis

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.

†Zoyphiomys grandis Tong 1997

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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, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.71000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene	37.71 - 27.3	China (Henan)	Zoyphiomys grandis (type locality: 174738)