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Tachyoryctini
Taxonomy
Tachyoryctinae was named as a subfamily. It is extant.
It was reranked as the tribe Tachyoryctini by Steppan et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Rhizomyinae by Steppan et al. (2004); and to Spalacidae by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was reranked as the tribe Tachyoryctini by Steppan et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Rhizomyinae by Steppan et al. (2004); and to Spalacidae by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Tachyoryctini Steppan et al. p. 534 |
| 2005 | Tachyoryctinae Wilson and Reeder |
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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.
Tr. Tachyoryctini
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G. Tachyoryctes Rüppell 1835
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Tachyoryctes macrocephalus Rüppell 1842 [Ethiopian african mole rat]
Tachyoryctes splendens Rüppell 1835 [Northeast african mole rat]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (16 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Chad | Tachyoryctini indet. (24181) | |
| Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | Tachyoryctes sp. (22139) | |
| Zanclean | Ethiopia | Tachyoryctes sp. (22160) | |
| Piacenzian | Ethiopia | Tachyoryctes pliocaenicus (21762 21765 21782 21784 21786) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti Plain) | Tachyoryctes splendens (32093) | |
| Holocene | Kenya | Tachyoryctes sp. (21939) Tachyoryctes splendens (21932 21933 21934 21936 21938 21959) |