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Heterohyus

Mammalia - Apatemyidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Heterohyus Gervais
1877Heterohyus Schlosser p. 33
1890Necrosorex Filhol
1916Amphichiromys Stehlin
1916Heterochiromys Stehlin
1940Heterohyus Simpson p. 203
1967Heterohyus Van Valen
1979Heterohyus Russell et al.
1986Heterohyus Hooker p. 329
1997Heterohyus McKenna and Bell
2010Heterohyus Silcox et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
suborderApatotheria(Scott and Jepsen 1936)
familyApatemyidae
genusHeterohyusGervais 1848

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. †Heterohyus Gervais 1848
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Subg. †Heterohyus (Gervaisyus) Sudre et al. 1990
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†Heterohyus (Gervaisyus) pygmaeus Sudre et al. 1990
†Heterohyus armatus Gervais 1848
†Heterohyus ilerdensis López-Torres and Silcox 2018
†Heterohyus morinionensis Hooker 1986
†Heterohyus nanus Teihard de Chardin 1916
†Heterohyus pygmaeus Sudre et al. 1990
†Heterohyus quercyi Filhol 1890
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Invalid names: Heterochiromys gracilis Stehlin 1916 [synonym]
†Heterohyus sudrei Sigé 1975
Invalid names: Amphichiromys Stehlin 1916 [synonym], Heterochiromys Stehlin 1916 [synonym], Necrosorex Filhol 1890 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-09-22 09:57:14
Modified: 2005-09-22 11:57:14
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Tanaka and Taruno 2019, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 55.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain (Lleida) H. ilerdensis (142031)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Marne) H. sp. (35533 35539 35540) H. sp. I, H. sp. II, H. sp. III (35535)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Portugal (Região Centro) H. sp. (79200)
MP 1448.6 - 40.4France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) H. pygmaeus (184174)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) H. heufelderi (13322)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) H. europeus (31723)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) H. sp., H. nanus, H. sudrei, H. morinionensis (39014)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) H. sp. (177581) H. sudrei (177582)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) H. europeus, H. gracilis, H. fortis (31718 31719)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) H. sp., H. nanus (12849) H. sudrei (12841)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) H. nanus (184230)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) H. nanus (31751)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) H. nanus (12850)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) H. nanus (41665) H. sp. (39662)