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Elfomys

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Theridomyidae

Taxonomy

Elfomys was named by Hartenberger (1971).

It was assigned to Theridomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Issiodoromyinae by Astibia et al. (2000), Bonilla-Salomón et al. (2016).

Species

E. catalaunicus, E. engesseri, E. parvulus, E. tobieni

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1971	Elfomys Hartenberger
1997	Elfomys McKenna and Bell
2000	Elfomys Astibia et al. p. 239
2016	Elfomys Bonilla-Salomón et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	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
superfamily	Theridomyoidea	Alston 1876
family	Theridomyidae	Alston 1876
subfamily	Issiodoromyinae	Lavocat 1951
genus	Elfomys	Hartenberger 1971

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. †Elfomys Hartenberger 1971

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†Elfomys catalaunicus Bonilla-Salomón et al. 2016

†Elfomys engesseri Hooker and Weidmann 2007

†Elfomys parvulus Hartenberger 1971

†Elfomys tobieni Thaler 1966

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Maximum body mass:

10 gg

Minimum body mass:

10 gg

Body mass estimate:

10 g

Environment:

terrestrialg

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

herbivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-31 07:21:15

Modified:

2005-08-31 09:21:15

Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Legendre 1988, Grimes et al. 2004, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MP 14 to the top of the MP 18 or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
MP 14	48.07 - 41.03	France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)	E. nov. sp. (184174)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Switzerland (Canton de Vaud)	E. tobieni, E. engesseri (182607)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Spain (Barcelona)	Pseudoltinomys cosetanus (182219)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Switzerland (Jura)	E. tobieni, E. engesseri (182385)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie)	E. engesseri (177581) E. tobieni (177582)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	France (Quercy)	E. parvulus (12850)
MP 18	37.71 - 33.9	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region)	E. parvulus (12851)
MP 18	37.71 - 33.9	Spain (Basque County)	E. parvulus (38817)
MP 19	37.71 - 33.9	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region)	E. sp. (12846)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Spain (Catalonia)	E. parvulus (31751)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region)	E. parvulus (12849) E. sp. (31764)