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Paraethomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Paraethomys was named by Petter (1968). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. anomalus, P. jaegeri, P. meini, P. miocaenicus, P. rbiae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Paraethomys Petter
1997Paraethomys McKenna and Bell

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
genusParaethomysPetter 1968

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. †Paraethomys Petter 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:15:11
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (44 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Spain (Castellon) P. miocaenicus (34928)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Granada) P. anomalus (26752)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria (Setif) P. miocaenicus (35364)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Albacete) P. miocaenicus (41930)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Morocco P. miocaenicus (35362)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy (Cuneo) P. meini (175903)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Attica) P. sp. (205344)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Granada) P. meini (35077)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Andalusia) P. miocaenicus (36108 36109 36110)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) P. miocaenicus (40758)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) P. meini (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) P. anomalus (144566)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Spain P. meini (68317)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal P. meini, P. jaegeri (65954)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Portugal (Alvalade) P. meini (65955)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain (Murcia) P. meini (185681)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2France (Roussillon) P. jaegeri, P. meini (35064)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Aragon) P. jaegeri (32103) P. meini (32104 35343)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Granada) P. meini (35256)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco P. chikeri (32056)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) P. jaegeri, P. meini (32109)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Morocco P. sp. (34286)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Algeria P. tighennifae (22586 22587 22589 22590 22591)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco P. ras (22489) P. tighennifae (34329)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Algeria P. tighennifae (22585)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco P. ras (42866) P. tighennifae (34287 34330)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Tunisia (Kef) P. rbiae (196971)