Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Margaritamys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Margaritamys was named by Mein and Adrover (1982). Its type is Margaritamys llulli.

It was assigned to Myomiminae by Daams and de Bruijn (1995).

Species
M. llulli (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Margaritamys Mein and Adrover
1995Margaritamys Daams and de Bruijn p. 12

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilyGliroideaMuirhead 1819
familyGliridaeMuirhead 1819
subfamilyMyomiminaeDaams 1981
genusMargaritamysMein and Adrover 1982

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. †Margaritamys Mein and Adrover 1982
show all | hide all
†Margaritamys llulli Mein and Adrover 1982
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Daams and H. de Bruijn 1995Large sized Myomiminae. Cheek teeth with unilateral high crowns (the
maximum height is observed below the lingual part of the anteroloph, and not below the protocone as in Armantomys). Upper molars with 6 ridges, and lower molars with 5. The centrolophid joins the mesolophid.