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Hystricognatha (disused)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Hystricognatha was named by Woods (1976). It is extant.

It was reranked as the suborder Hystricognatha by Shockey et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Rodentia by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Shockey et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Hystricognatha Woods p. 268
1997Hystricognatha McKenna and Bell
2009Hystricognatha Shockey et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
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
suborderHystricognatha(Woods 1976)
suborderHystricognatha(Woods 1976)

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.

Subor. Hystricognatha Woods 1976
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 33.90000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Peru (Departamento de Ucayali) Hystricognatha indet. (149523)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Uruguay (San Jose) Hystricognatha indet. (152542)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Uruguay (San José) Hystricognatha indet. (113415)