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Pectinator

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae

Taxonomy

Pectinator was named by Blyth (1856) [also said to be 1855]. It is extant. Its type is Pectinator spekei.

It was assigned to Pectinatoridae by Blyth (1856); to Rodentia by von Heuglin (1861); and to Ctenodactyli by Peters (1871).

Species

P. spekei (type species)

Synonyms

Petrobates was named by von Heuglin (1860). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pectinator by von Heuglin (1861).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1856	Pectinator Blyth
1860	Petrobates von Heuglin
1861	Pectinator von Heuglin p. 17
1871	Pectinator Peters p. 408

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
—	Ctenohystrica	Huchon et al. 2000
superfamily	Ctenodactyloidea
family	Ctenodactylidae	Gervais 1853
genus	Pectinator	Blyth 1856

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. Pectinator Blyth 1856

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Pectinator spekei Blyth 1856 [Speke's gundi]

Invalid names: Petrobates von Heuglin 1860 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

herbivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-26 11:19:58

Modified:

2005-09-02 11:58:27

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Calabrian or 1.80000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Kenya	P. sp. (21507)