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Taxonomy
Griphomys was named by Wilson (1940). It is not extant. Its type is Griphomys alecer.
It was assigned to Protrogomorpha by Wilson (1940) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Geomyoidea by Korth and Eaton (2004).
It was assigned to Protrogomorpha by Wilson (1940) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Geomyoidea by Korth and Eaton (2004).
Species
G. alecer (type species), G. toltecus
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1940 | Griphomys Wilson |
1997 | Griphomys McKenna and Bell |
2004 | Griphomys Korth and Eaton p. 111 |
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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.
G. †Griphomys Wilson 1940
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†Griphomys alecer Wilson 1940
†Griphomys toltecus Lillegraven 1977
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Uintan to the top of the Duchesnean or 46.20000 to 37.00000 Ma
Collections (24 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Early/Lower Uintan | USA (California) | Namatomys sp. (16763) | |
Late/Upper Uintan | USA (California) | G. alecer (167831) G. sp. (16585 16817) | |
Uintan | USA (California) | G. alecer (16615 16784 16787 16788 16789 16790 16791 16793 16798 16799) G. sp. (16590 16603) | |
Uintan - Duchesnean | USA (California) | G. alecer, G. toltecus (16533) | |
Duchesnean | USA (Utah) | G. alecer (16877) | |
Duchesnean | USA (California) | G. alecer (16808 16809 16810) G. sp. (17039) | |
Chadronian | USA (Wyoming) | G. sp. (16960 17009) |