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Aratomys
Taxonomy
Aratomys was named by Zazhigin (1977) [in Gromov & Poliakov (1977)]. Its type is Aratomys multifidus.
It was assigned to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
A. bilikeensis, A. multifidus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1977 | Aratomys Zazhigin p. 211 |
| 1997 | Aratomys McKenna and Bell |
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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. †Aratomys Zazhigin 1977
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†Aratomys bilikeensis Qiu and Storch 2000
†Aratomys multifidus Zazhigin 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the MN 13 or 5.33300 to 5.09000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| MN 13 | China (Tibet) | Mimomys bilikeensis (115611 115621) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | China (Nei Mongol) | A. bilikeensis (75300) |