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Orycteropus minutus

Osteichthyes - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae

Taxonomy
Orycteropus minutus was named by Pickford (1975). Its type specimen is KNM SO 1231, a set of limb elements (right metacarpals II and III), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Songhor (Main Site), which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial horizon in Kenya.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Orycteropus minutus Pickford
2003Orycteropus minutus Pickford p. 195
2007Orycteropus minutus Lehmann p. 186

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
superorderAfrotheria
Afroinsectiphilia
orderTubulidentataHuxley 1872
familyOrycteropodidae
subfamilyOrycteropodinaeGray 1821
genusOrycteropusGeoffroy 1791
speciesminutus

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 minutus Pickford 1975
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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: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lehmann et al. 2005, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 20.45000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya Orycteropus minutus (type locality: 21726)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Namibia Orycteropus minutus (21855 96072)