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Wakkamys hartenbergeri

Mammalia - Rodentia - Chapattimyidae

Taxonomy
Wakkamys hartenbergeri was named by Kumar et al. (1996). Its type specimen is WIMF/A 1288, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kargil-Akchamal-Batalik Road, km stone 4 (K/7b horizon), which is in an Oligocene fluvial-lacustrine shale in the Kargil Formation of India. It is the type species of Wakkamys.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Wakkamys hartenbergeri Kumar et al.

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
superfamilyCtenodactyloidea
familyChapattimyidaeHussain et al. 1978
subfamilyBaluchimyinae
genusWakkamys
specieshartenbergeri

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.

†Wakkamys hartenbergeri Kumar et al. 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03India (Jammu and Kashmir) Wakkamys hartenbergeri (180533 type locality: 180534)