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Heteropsomyinae
Taxonomy
Heteropsomyinae was named by Anthony (1917). Its type is Heteropsomys.
It was assigned to Echimyidae by Patterson and Pascual (1968) and Patterson and Wood (1982).
It was assigned to Echimyidae by Patterson and Pascual (1968) and Patterson and Wood (1982).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1917 | Heteropsomyinae Anthony |
1968 | Heteropsomyinae Patterson and Pascual |
1982 | Heteropsomyinae Patterson and Wood p. 382 |
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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.
Subfm. †Heteropsomyinae Anthony 1917
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G. †Boromys Miller 1916
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†Boromys brachyblastus Tong 1997
†Boromys marydawsonae Tong 1997
†Boromys obtusus Tong 1997
G. †Brotomys Miller 1916
G. †Heteropsomys Anthony 1916
G. †Puertoricomys Woods 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma
Collections (10 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Middle Eocene | Mongolia | Advenimus sp. (127656) | |
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | China (Henan) | Boromys obtusus, Boromys brachyblastus (174738) | |
Langhian | Chile (Bío Bío) | H. sp. (140091) | |
Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | Heteropsomyinae indet. (55602) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil (Acre) | Heteropsomyinae indet. (134808) | |
Huayquerian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Cercomys sp. (152063) | |
Pleistocene | Puerto Rico | Heteropsomys insulans (78300) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Cuba (Mayabeque) | Boromys torrei (153777) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Dominican Republic (Pedernales) | Brotomys voratus (186694) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Cuba (Artemisa) | Boromys ofella, Boromys torrei (195083) |