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Diamantomys

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Diamantomys was named by Stromer (1922). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Diamantomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Thryonomyoidea by Sallam and Seiffert (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Diamantomys Stromer p. 334
1997Diamantomys McKenna and Bell
2019Diamantomys Sallam and Seiffert

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
superfamilyThryonomyoideaPocock 1922
genusDiamantomysStromer 1922

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. †Diamantomys Stromer 1922
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†Diamantomys luederitzi Stromer 1922
†Diamantomys timius Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009
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: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Serravallian or 28.40000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kenya (Turkana) D. timius (174662)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Kenya (Rift Valley) D. timius (174664)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Uganda D. luederitzi (21723 236791)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Namibia D. luederitzi (70420)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Uganda D. sp. (28293)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda (Karamoja) D. luederitzi (235581 235644 235646 235659 235662)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda D. luederitzi (28441)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97South Africa (Namaqualand) D. sp. (51190)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya D. luederitzi (27856 27857 27858 87341)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Kenya D. luederitzi (22273 22303)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya (Central Nyanza) D. sp. (21340)