Neoepiblemidae

The Neoepiblemidae are an extinct family of hystricognath rodents from South America. The genera Dabbenea and Perumys are now included in Phoberomys. The delineation between Neoepiblemidae and Dinomyidae has historically been unclear, with some genera having varying taxonomic placement. A 2017 study found Phoberomys to be part of the group, while Eusigmomys was found to be part of the Dinomyidae.

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ChinchilloideaPBDB
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 13 million years on record.

The record covers at least 17.5 Mya to 3.6 Mya. No occurrence read is dated outside 21 Mya to 2.58 Mya.

Miocene — about 125 of 129 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 4 of 129 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 0 of 129 occurrences22–21 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences21–20 Mya — about 3 occurrences20–20 Mya — about 5 occurrences20–19 Mya — about 5 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 5 occurrences18–18 Mya — about 5 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 19 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 22 occurrences16–16 Mya — about 3 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences14–14 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences12–12 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 4 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 5 occurrences10–9.8 Mya — about 5 occurrences9.8–9.2 Mya — about 5 occurrences9.2–8.6 Mya — about 5 occurrences8.6–7.9 Mya — about 5 occurrences7.9–7.3 Mya — about 9 occurrences7.3–6.6 Mya — about 6 occurrences6.6–6.0 Mya — about 6 occurrences6.0–5.3 Mya — about 6 occurrences5.3–4.7 Mya — about 2 occurrences4.7–4.0 Mya — about 0.1 occurrences4.0–3.4 Mya — about 0.5 occurrences3.4–2.7 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.7–2.1 Mya — about 0.3 occurrences17.5 Mya3.6 Mya21.5 Mya2.1 Mya

129 occurrences of Neoepiblemidae on record, most of them in the Miocene. 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

129 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

15 formations

Santa Cruz — 51.02°S, 69.15°WSanta Cruz — 51.20°S, 69.12°WSanta Cruz — 50.27°S, 70.37°WSanta Cruz — 50.36°S, 71.84°WSanta Cruz — 50.25°S, 71.07°WSanta Cruz — 50.75°S, 69.18°WSanta Cruz — 51.35°S, 69.00°WSanta Cruz — 51.53°S, 72.09°WSanta Cruz — 47.58°S, 71.85°WSanta Cruz — 50.28°S, 70.22°WSanta Cruz — 50.28°S, 70.28°WSanta Cruz — 50.16°S, 69.68°WSanta Cruz — 50.05°S, 70.44°WUrumaco — 11.24°N, 70.25°WUrumaco — 11.24°N, 70.31°WUrumaco — 11.25°N, 70.22°WUrumaco — 11.28°N, 70.25°WSolimoes — 10.12°S, 66.88°WSolimoes — 10.93°S, 69.92°WSolimoes — 10.94°S, 69.34°WSolimoes — 7.66°S, 72.54°WPinturas — 47.17°S, 70.21°WPinturas — 47.03°S, 70.66°WPinturas — 46.99°S, 70.59°WPinturas — 48.90°S, 70.17°WPinturas — 48.97°S, 71.40°WPinturas — 48.08°S, 70.08°WItuzaingo — 31.48°S, 60.23°WGalera — 46.90°S, 72.30°WSarmiento — 45.67°S, 68.71°WSarmiento — 43.28°S, 65.48°WSarmiento — 44.59°S, 69.10°WSarmiento — 44.34°S, 65.25°WSolimões — 8.78°S, 68.90°WSolimões — 10.13°S, 67.81°WSolimões — 8.16°S, 70.55°WCerro Bandera — 38.88°S, 69.47°WCerro Bandera — 39.04°S, 69.68°WCerro Bandera — 38.92°S, 69.58°WPebas — 7.36°S, 74.96°WSan Gregorio — 11.30°N, 70.24°WMadre de Dios — 12.07°S, 69.74°WSanta Cruz — 50.63°S, 72.47°WRío Frias — 44.58°S, 71.22°WCerro Boleadoras — 47.00°S, 71.62°W

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The named rock units Neoepiblemidae has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 4 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Neoepiblemidae and its relatives

Miocene

Where Neoepiblemidae and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

708 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 57 sites for Neoepiblemidae, 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

47 references

Each of the 129 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. 35 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 Neoepiblemidae was found. Wikipedia, Wikidata and iDigBio were searched and had none.

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 Neoepiblemidae, or no answer at all. This entry cannot say which.

No 3D scan of Neoepiblemidae was found in MorphoSource and Sketchfab.

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

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. Kraglievich 1926