Epimys (Aethomys)

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Also called
rock ratPBDB
Sits inside
RattusPBDB
Diet
herbivore, insectivorePBDB, for Muridae
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Rattus
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 3.5 million years on record.

The record covers at least 3.6 Mya to 11.7 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 7.246 Mya to 0 Mya.

Miocene — about 0 of 41 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 10 of 41 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 25 of 41 occurrencesPleistoceneHolocene — about 5 of 41 occurrences7.5–7.2 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences7.2–7.0 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences7.0–6.7 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.7–6.5 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.5–6.2 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences6.2–5.9 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.9–5.7 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.7–5.4 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences5.4–5.2 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences5.2–4.9 Mya — about 1 occurrence4.9–4.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence4.6–4.4 Mya — about 1 occurrence4.4–4.1 Mya — about 1 occurrence4.1–3.9 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.9–3.6 Mya — about 1 occurrence3.6–3.4 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences3.4–3.1 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences3.1–2.8 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences2.8–2.6 Mya — about 0.7 occurrences2.6–2.3 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.3–2.1 Mya — about 2 occurrences2.1–1.8 Mya — about 2 occurrences1.8–1.5 Mya — about 3 occurrences1.5–1.3 Mya — about 3 occurrences1.3–1.0 Mya — about 3 occurrences1.0–775 ka Mya — about 3 occurrences775 ka–516 ka Mya — about 3 occurrences516 ka–258 ka Mya — about 3 occurrences258 ka–0 Mya — about 7 occurrences3.6 Mya11.7 ka7.7 Mya0 Mya

41 occurrences of Epimys (Aethomys) on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

41 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

7 formations

Makapansgat — 24.20°S, 28.95°EVarswater — 32.98°S, 18.15°EKoobi Fora — 3.98°N, 36.32°EKoobi Fora — 4.27°N, 36.29°EKoobi Fora — 4.18°N, 36.42°EOlduvai — 2.98°S, 34.32°EOlduvai — 2.99°S, 35.34°EKromdraai — 26.00°S, 27.75°EShungura — 5.08°N, 36.03°EShungura — 5.01°N, 36.00°EHumbu — 2.33°S, 35.97°E

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The named rock units Epimys (Aethomys) has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 16 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Epimys (Aethomys) and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Epimys (Aethomys) and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

437 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 30 sites for Epimys (Aethomys), and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

21 references

Each of the 41 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 9 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

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No picture of Epimys (Aethomys) was found. Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

Wikipedia and Smithsonian Open Access did not answer, so this is what the others held rather than everything there is.

GBIF was asked, and what came back is not recorded: nothing, or a picture this site could not tie to Epimys (Aethomys), or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Epimys (Aethomys) was found in Sketchfab.

Smithsonian Open Access and MorphoSource were not reached for this taxon, so this list is what the others held rather than everything there is.

This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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What may have been alongside itRattus through timeFormations of the PleistoceneThe world it lived on

Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Thomas 1915)