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Theridomys

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Theridomyidae

Taxonomy

Theridomys was named by Jourdan (1837).

It was assigned to Theridomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Theridomyinae by Peláez-Campomanes (1996), Astibia et al. (2000).

Species

T. americanus, T. brachydens, T. bumbachensis, T. calafensis, T. crusafonti, T. golpei, T. helmeri, T. lembronicus, T. ludensis, T. major, T. octogesensis, T. perrealensis, T. pseudosiderolithicus, T. varians

Species lacking formal opinion data

T. aquatilis, T. euzetensis, T. golpeae, T. rotundidens

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1837	Theridomys Jourdan
1996	Theridomys Peláez-Campomanes
1997	Theridomys McKenna and Bell
2000	Theridomys Astibia et al. p. 238

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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	Theridomyinae	Alston 1876
genus	Theridomys	Jourdan 1837

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. †Theridomys Jourdan 1837

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†Theridomys americanus Bravard 1858

†Theridomys brachydens Gad 1987

†Theridomys bumbachensis Mayo 1987

†Theridomys calafensis Vianey-Liaud and Hartenberger 1987

†Theridomys crusafonti Thaler 1969

†Theridomys golpei Hartenberger 1973

†Theridomys helmeri Vianey-Liaud 1972

†Theridomys lembronicus Bravard 1852

†Theridomys ludensis Vianey-Liaud 1985

†Theridomys major Depéret 1906

†Theridomys octogesensis Arbiol et al. 1997

†Theridomys perrealensis Vianey-Liaud 1977

†Theridomys pseudosiderolithicus De Bonis 1964

†Theridomys varians Thaler 1969

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialf

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

herbivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-09-01 08:47:53

Modified:

2005-09-01 10:47:53

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

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

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the MP 25 or 41.03000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (48 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Picardie Region)	T. sp. (12847)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	France (Quercy)	T. euzetensis (12850)
MP 18	37.71 - 33.9	Spain (Basque County)	T. golpei (38817)
MP 18	37.71 - 33.9	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region)	T. sp.1 (12851)
MP 19	37.71 - 33.9	Spain (Catalonia)	T. golpeae (31752)
MP 19 - MP 20	37.71 - 33.9	Spain (Teruel)	T. pseudosiderolithicus (79736 182353)
MP 20	37.71 - 33.9	Spain (Aragón)	T. new species (182229)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region)	T. golpei, T. pseudosiderolithicus (31747)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region)	T. euzetensis (12849) T. rotundidens (31764) T. sp.2 (12841) T. sp.3 (12843)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Spain (Catalonia)	T. euzetensis (31751)
MP 20 - MP 21	37.71 - 27.3	France (Occitanie)	T. sp. (183382)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	France (Alpes-de-haute Provence)	T. lembronicus (200417)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Spain (Lleida)	T. crusafonti (143461)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Spain (Aragon)	T. crusafonti, T. varians (68878)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	France (Auvergne Region)	T. aquatilis (31767)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	Spain (Cuenca)	T. major (183528)
MP 21	33.9 - 27.3	Spain (Teruel)	T. calafensis (79737 182354)
MP 21 - MP 22	33.9 - 27.3	France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)	T. sp., T. varians (183510)
MP 22	33.9 - 27.3	France (Quercy)	T. varians (181092)
MP 22	33.9 - 27.3	Spain (Cataluña)	T. calafensis (88032)
MP 23	33.9 - 27.3	France (Quercy)	T. varians (36709)
MP 23	33.9 - 27.3	France	T. varians (183508)
MP 24	33.9 - 27.3	France (Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur)	T. varians (37518)
MP 24	33.9 - 27.3	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region)	T. ludensis (183507)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Switzerland (Canton Jura)	T. lembronicus (183356)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Germany	T. sp. (183361)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes)	T. lembronicus (177584)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	Switzerland	T. sp., T. varians (183371)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	France (Vaucluse)	T. helmeri (183376)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	France	T. lembronicus (183367 183368 183369 183370)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	France (Puy-de-Dome)	T. lembronicus (183362 183363)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	France	T. ludensis (60281)
MP 25	27.3 - 23.04	France (Quercy)	T. ludensis (36717)
MP 25	27.3 - 23.04	France (Alpes-de-Haute Provence)	T. lembronicus (183364)
MP 25	27.3 - 23.04	France	T. lembronicus (183365 183366) T. ludensis (60214)
MP 25	27.3 - 23.04	France (Puy-de-Dome)	T. lembronicus (181674)
MP 28	27.3 - 23.04	France (Puy-de-Dôme)	T. lembronicus (179177)