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Georychus
Taxonomy
Georychus was named by Illiger (1811). It is extant.
It was assigned to Cunicularia by Illiger (1811); and to Bathyergidae by Honeycutt et al. (1987).
It was assigned to Cunicularia by Illiger (1811); and to Bathyergidae by Honeycutt et al. (1987).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1811 | Georychus Illiger p. 87 |
| 1987 | Georychus Honeycutt et al. p. 280 |
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G. Georychus Illiger 1811
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Georychus capensis Pallas 1778 [Cape mole-rat]
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Invalid names: Fossor leucops Lichtenstein 1844 [synonym], Georychus capensis canescens Thomas and Schwann 1906 [synonym], Georychus yatesi Roberts 1913 [synonym], Mus buffoni Cuvier 1834 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene | South Africa | G. capensis (21916) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | G. capensis (21711) | |
| Holocene | South Africa | G. capensis (21862) |