Mimomys

Mimomys is an extinct genus of voles that lived in Eurasia and North America during the Plio-Pleistocene. It is believed that one of the many species belonging to this genus gave rise to the modern water voles (Arvicola). Several other prehistoric genera of vole are probably synonymous with Mimomys, including the North American Cosomys and Ophiomys.

Mimomys

Jonathan Chen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · via Wikipedia/Commons. May be a photograph of a specimen, or an artist’s reconstruction — an interpretation of a skeleton, since colour and soft tissue are almost never preserved.

On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ArvicolinaePBDB
Diet
herbivorePBDB, for Rodentia
Life habit
ground dwellingPBDB, for Rodentia
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Osteichthyes
Environment
terrestrialPBDB, for Eutheria

Time the record covers

At least 2.8 million years on record.

The record covers at least 3.6 Mya to 774 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 23.04 Mya to 0 Mya.

Oligocene — about 0 of 508 occurrencesMiocene — about 3 of 508 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 235 of 508 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 270 of 508 occurrencesPleistocene24–23 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–13 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences10–9.4 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences9.4–8.6 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences8.6–7.8 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences7.8–7.1 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences7.1–6.3 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences6.3–5.5 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences5.5–4.7 Mya — about 25 occurrences4.7–3.9 Mya — about 59 occurrences3.9–3.1 Mya — about 81 occurrences3.1–2.4 Mya — about 103 occurrences2.4–1.6 Mya — about 106 occurrences1.6–785 ka Mya — about 66 occurrences785 ka–0 Mya — about 65 occurrences3.6 Mya – 774 ka23.5 Mya0 Mya

508 occurrences of Mimomys on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. 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

508 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

34 formations

Glenns Ferry — 43.60°N, 116.80°WGlenns Ferry — 42.82°N, 114.94°WGlenns Ferry — 43.00°N, 118.00°WGlenns Ferry — 43.00°N, 115.70°WGlenns Ferry — 42.77°N, 114.96°WRexroad — 37.10°N, 100.90°WRexroad — 37.20°N, 100.30°WRexroad — 37.13°N, 100.48°W"unnamed sandstone" — 33.90°N, 117.00°WKhapry — 47.24°N, 39.71°EChoremi — 37.38°N, 22.09°EAlfambra — 40.38°N, 2.54°WAlfambra — 40.52°N, 2.72°WPorsuk — 39.36°N, 31.91°EPorsuk — 39.34°N, 31.92°EBaza — 37.72°N, 2.47°WRingold — 47.00°N, 118.50°WRingold — 46.30°N, 119.10°WShooting Iron — 43.90°N, 110.80°WFratesti — 44.17°N, 24.53°EChikoi — 51.03°N, 106.65°EValdeganga — 39.15°N, 1.67°WReuver clay — 50.92°N, 6.82°EReuver clay — 50.90°N, 6.45°ESan Timoteo — 33.90°N, 117.00°WBallard — 37.20°N, 100.30°WPanaca — 37.80°N, 114.30°WSpilia — 41.15°N, 23.48°EPlatanochori — 40.57°N, 23.47°EPlatanochori — 40.53°N, 23.37°EAlcala — 39.22°N, 1.52°WCromer Forest Bed — 52.46°N, 1.73°ECromer Forest Bed — 52.94°N, 1.25°EAlturas — 41.49°N, 120.65°WIli — 43.93°N, 79.25°EVerde — 34.77°N, 111.85°W

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The named rock units Mimomys has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 10 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 374 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Mimomys and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Mimomys and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

1,249 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 356 sites for Mimomys, and this reads 240 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

130 references

Each of the 508 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. 118 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

Media content2

Picture of Mimomys

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Jonathan Chen
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CC BY-SA 4.0
Commercial use
the licence allows it

CT scan

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In Copyright
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Specimen
Mimomys savini · NHMUK:PAL:PV M 6968b

The description on this site

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

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. Forsyth-Major 1902