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Rhombomylus

Osteichthyes - Eurymylidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Rhombomylus Zhai p. 111
1988Rhombomylus Carroll
1988Rhombomylus Dashzeveg and Russell
2004Rhombomylus Huang et al.
2005Rhombomylus Asher et al. p. 1094
2005Rhombomylus Meng et al.
2010Rhombomylus Silcox et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
familyEurymylidae
genusRhombomylusZhai 1978

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.

G. †Rhombomylus Zhai 1978
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Rhombomylus laianensis Zhai et al. 1976
Rhombomylus nitidulus Li et al. 1979
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bumbanian56.0 - 48.07Mongolia (Southern Mongolia) R. turpanensis (37206)
Bumbanian56.0 - 48.07Mongolia (Omnogov) R. turpanensis (133397)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07China (Hunan) Matutinia nitidulus (87239 180725 180726)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07China (Hubei) R. turpanensis (175175)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07China (Anhui) R. laianensis (180728)