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Orycteropus crassidens

Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae

Taxonomy
Orycteropus crassidens was named by MacInnes (1955) [MacInnes lists the type number as 1811.50]. Its type specimen is NHM M. 21543, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rusinga Island, Pleistocene, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Kenya.

It was synonymized subjectively with Orycteropus afer by Pickford (1975).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Orycteropus crassidens MacInnes p. 28
1975Orycteropus crassidens Patterson p. 205
2007Orycteropus crassidens Lehmann p. 184
2008Orycteropus crassidens Lehmann p. 69

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
orderTubulidentataHuxley 1872
familyOrycteropodidae
subfamilyOrycteropodinaeGray 1821
genusOrycteropusGeoffroy 1791
speciescrassidens

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.

†Orycteropus crassidens MacInnes 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: insectivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 10:18:46
Modified: 2012-05-14 19:18:46
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Lehmann et al. 2005, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Orycteropus crassidens (type locality: 96048 96049)