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Palaeoryctes
Taxonomy
Palaeoryctes was named by Matthew (1913). It is not extant. Its type is Palaeoryctes puercensis. It is the type genus of Palaeoryctidae.
It was assigned to Tenrecidae by Hay (1930); to Palaeoryctinae by Van Valen (1967), Gheerbrant (1992); and to Palaeoryctidae by Matthew (1913), Carroll (1988), Lopatin (2006), Silcox et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Tenrecidae by Hay (1930); to Palaeoryctinae by Van Valen (1967), Gheerbrant (1992); and to Palaeoryctidae by Matthew (1913), Carroll (1988), Lopatin (2006), Silcox et al. (2010).
Species
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1913 | Palaeoryctes Matthew |
| 1930 | Palaeoryctes Hay p. 428 |
| 1967 | Palaeoryctes Van Valen |
| 1988 | Palaeoryctes Carroll |
| 1992 | Palaeoryctes Gheerbrant |
| 2006 | Palaeoryctes Lopatin |
| 2010 | Palaeoryctes Silcox et al. |
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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. †Palaeoryctes Matthew 1913
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†Palaeoryctes cruoris Gunnell 1994
†Palaeoryctes jepseni Bloch et al. 2004
†Palaeoryctes minimus Gheerbrant 1992
†Palaeoryctes puercensis Matthew 1913
†Palaeoryctes punctatus Van Valen 1966
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available