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Albanensia

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Albanensia Daxner-Höck and Mein p. 76
1997Albanensia McKenna and Bell
2000Albanensia Pickford et al. p. 258

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
genusAlbanensia

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.

G. †Albanensia Daxner-Höck and Mein 1975
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Albanensia albanensis Major 1893
Albanensia grimmi Black 1966
Albanensia sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Daxner-Höck and P. Mein 1975Sciuroptere mit großen Backenzähnen; Schmelzrunzeln an Kauflächen; komplizierterer Bau der Oberkiefer- gegenüber den Unterkiefermolaren. Die Oberkieferzähne besitzen kein freies Mesostyl. Der Hypoconus ist kräftig. p4 gröer als M1. M3 besitzt kein Metaloph. Die Unterkieferzähne haben kein freistehendes Mesostylid. Vorder- und Schlußcingulum können wie die Talonidsenke gerunzelt sein. Hypoconulid auf Schlußcingulum können wie die talonidsenke gerunzelt sein. Hypoconulid auf Schlußcingulum möglich. Labialer Ast des Vordercingulums und vordere Außenbucht fehlen.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:04:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Tortonian or 15.97000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) A. sp. (45613)
MN 515.97 - 13.65France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) A. sansaniensis (32071 32072)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Russian Federation (Stavropol) A. sp. (56738)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) A. sp. (45603)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) A. albanensis (46277 53571)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain (Cataluña) A. albanensis (92640)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) A. grimmi (206345)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) A. sp. (11798)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) A. grimmi (75481)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) A. sp. (44220 44221 44223 44224)