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Hystrix depereti

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae

Taxonomy
Hystrix depereti was named by Sen (2001). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MNHN PR-25, a mandible (dext. with p4-m3). Its type locality is Batterie du Serrat d'en Vacquer, which is in a Pliocene fluvial siltstone/sandstone in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Hystrix depereti Sen p. 305

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—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)
familyHystricidaeFischer de Waldheim 1817
genusHystrix
speciesdepereti

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.

†Hystrix depereti Sen 2001
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Sen 2001Large sized porcupine with semi hypsodont cheek teeth. The third molars reduced and almost triangular in occlusal outline. Sinus and sinusids are shallow on upper and lower molars but deep on p4.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:43:23
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:43:23
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Pliocene or 7.24600 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Hystrix depereti (144566)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Hystrix depereti (172914)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Hystrix depereti (type locality: 36103)