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Witenia fusca

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Witenia fusca was named by de Bruijn et al. (2003). Its type specimen is MTA Süngülü A 351, a tooth (M1 sup. dext.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Süngülü, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Turkey.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Witenia fusca de Bruijn et al. p. 70 figs. Pl. 3 fig. 10

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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
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyPappocricetodontinae
genusWitenia
speciesfusca

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.

†Witenia fusca de Bruijn et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. de Bruijn et al. 2003W. fusca cheek teeth are of medium size. Mesoloph of M1 and M2 usually incomplete. Metalophule 2 of M2 incomplete. Lingual branch of the anteroloph of the M3 weak or absent.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4Turkey (Ardahan) Witenia fusca (type locality: 79072)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Serbia and Montenegro Witenia fusca (190736)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Serbia and Montenegro (Pirotska oblast ) Witenia fusca (196836 196838)