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Ligerimys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae

Taxonomy
Ligerimys was named by Schaub (1951) [in Stehlin & Schaub, 1951]. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
L. fahlbuschi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Ligerimys Schaub
1997Ligerimys 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
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyEomyidaeWinge 1887
genusLigerimysSchaub 1951

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. †Ligerimys Schaub 1951
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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, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Langhian or 20.00000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Spain (Navarre) L. sp. (207106)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) L. antiquus - florancei (36880) L. antiquus - florancei, L. lophidens (36879) L. antiquus, L. lophidens (36878) L. florancei (36881 36883 36884 36885 36886)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Spain (Valencia) L. lophidens (40031)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Württemberg) L. sp., L. florancei (69098)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Spain (Huesca) L. fahlbuschi (67390)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Spain (Aragon) L. sp. (68041)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) L. antiquus, L. oberlii (46214 46283) L. antiquus, L. oberlii, L. sp. (46215) L. oberlii (46281) L. oberlii, L. lophidens (46280)
MN 3 - MN 420.0 - 15.98Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) L. oberlii (46216)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) L. florancei (46284) L. sp. (46217)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Gers) L. florancei (69099)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Greece (Thrace) L. sp. (69435)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Midi-Pyrénées) L. florancei (71873)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Centre) L. florancei (69116)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France L. florancei (90354)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) L. ellipticus (180192)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Switzerland (Schaffhausen) L. sp. (46267)