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Chalicomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae

Taxonomy
Chalicomys was named by Kaup (1832). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Castoridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species lacking formal opinion data
C. jaegeri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Chalicomys Kaup
1997Chalicomys McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyCastoroideaGray 1821
familyCastoridae
genusChalicomysKaup 1832

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. †Chalicomys Kaup 1832
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: amphibiousf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:05:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Sarmatian to the top of the MN 11 or 12.80000 to 7.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) C. jaegeri (201497)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) C. jaegeri (42588 42594 42595)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Moldova (Chișinău) C. jaegeri (210536)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) C. jaegeri (54136)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Türkiye C. jaegeri (56563)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain (Segovia) C. jaegeri (40766 40767)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain (Aragon) C. jaegeri (35302)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) C. jaegeri (206345)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Burgenland) C. jaegeri (37789)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) C. jaegeri (32649)