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Palaeoscaptor

Mammalia - Erinaceidae

Taxonomy
Palaeoscaptor was named by Matthew and Granger (1924).

It was synonymized subjectively with Amphechinus by Van Valen (1967).

It was assigned to Insectivora by Belyaeva (1948); to Amphechinini by Lopatin (2003); and to Erinaceidae by Wang and Qiu (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Palaeoscaptor Matthew and Granger p. 2
1948Palaeoscaptor Belyaeva
2003Palaeoscaptor Lopatin
2004Palaeoscaptor Wang and Qiu p. 131

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
familyErinaceidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusPalaeoscaptor

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. †Palaeoscaptor Matthew and Granger 1924
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†Palaeoscaptor acridens Matthew and Granger 1924
†Palaeoscaptor gigas Lopatin 2002
†Palaeoscaptor rectus Matthew and Granger 1924
†Palaeoscaptor tenuis Ziegler et al. 2007
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:01:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Amphechinus gigas (174911) P. acridens (180953 187298 187301 201185 201191) P. acridens, P. tenuis (135791 175169 180955 180956 180959 182131 187263) P. tenuis (75595 180961)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Nei Mongol) P. acridens, Amphechinus rectus (174759) P. sp. (175386)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Gansu) P. sp., P. acridens (77998)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia P. acridens (174916 175168) P. rectus (53979)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Xinjiang) P. acridens (174978)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mongolia P. acridens (182080) P. acridens, P. gigas, P. tenuis (75588 180971) P. acridens, P. rectus (75599) P. rectus (176447 182083 183913)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04China (Gansu) P. sp. (175388)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan P. acridens (64413 74900)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mongolia (Övörkhangai) P. acridens, P. rectus, P. gigas (182078) P. acridens, P. rectus, P. tenuis (182075 182081) P. gigas (182085) P. rectus (183914)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mongolia P. acridens (180965 180976) P. acridens, P. rectus (182088) P. acridens, P. rectus, P. tenuis (182089) P. tenuis (182090 182136)