Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Erethizon cascoensis

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Erethizontidae

Taxonomy
Coendou cascoensis was named by White (1970). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Casco, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in the San Timoteo Formation of California.

It was recombined as Erethizon cascoensis by Frazier (1981), Hulbert (1997), Albright (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Coendou cascoensis White
1981Erethizon cascoensis Frazier
1997Erethizon cascoensis Hulbert, Jr. p. 623
1999Erethizon cascoensis Albright

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
—Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyErethizontoideaBonaparte 1845
familyErethizontidaeBonaparte 1845
genusErethizonCuvier 1822
speciescascoensis(White 1970)

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.

†Erethizon cascoensis White 1970
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available