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Paraphiomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Thryonomyidae

Taxonomy
Paraphiomys was named by Andrews (1914). It is not extant. Its type is Paraphiomys pigotti.

It was assigned to Phiomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Thryonomyidae by López-Antoñazas and Sen (2005), Coster et al. (2012) and Sallam and Seiffert (2019).

Species
P. knolli, P. orangeus, P. pigotti (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Paraphiomys Andrews
1997Paraphiomys McKenna and Bell
2005Paraphiomys López-Antoñazas and Sen p. 223
2012Paraphiomys Coster et al.
2019Paraphiomys Sallam and Seiffert

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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
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
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
superfamilyThryonomyoideaPocock 1922
familyThryonomyidaePocock 1922
genusParaphiomysAndrews 1914

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. †Paraphiomys Andrews 1914
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†Paraphiomys knolli López-Antoñazas and Sen 2005
†Paraphiomys orangeus Mein and Pickford 2003
†Paraphiomys pigotti Andrews 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:27:30
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 28.10000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Kenya P. sp. (27855)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya P. pigotti (146600)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Uganda P. pigotti (28293)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia P. knolli (47095) P. sp. (47069)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya P. stromeri (27856 87341) P. stromeri, P. sp., P. pigotti (27858 38060)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Northern Frontier District) P. pigotti (122454)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Uganda P. stromeri, P. pigotti (28441)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Namibia Apodecter stromeri (21855)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya (Central Nyanza) P. pigotti (21340)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Ethiopia P. sp. (22157)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya P. chororensis (22241)