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Elephantulus antiquus

Osteichthyes - Macroscelidea - Macroscelididae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
E. brachyrhynchus, E. edwardii, E. fuscipes, E. fuscus, E. intufi, E. myurus, E. pulcher, E. revoili, E. rufescens, E. rupestris
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. broomi, E. langi

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Afroinsectiphilia
—Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyMacroscelididaeBonaparte 1838
subfamilyMacroscelidinaeBonaparte 1838
tribeElephantulini
genusElephantulusThomas and Schwann 1906
speciesantiquus

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Elephantulus antiquus (22339 22341 22353 22357)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa Elephantulus antiquus (22340)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Elephantulus antiquus (22333 22334)