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Ctenodactylidae (gundi)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Ctenodactylidae Gervais
1871Ctenodactyli Peters p. 408
1911Ctenodactylidae Jaekel p. 222
1988Ctenodactylidae Carroll
1999Ctenodactylidae Nowak
2001Ctenodactylidae Huchon and Douzery p. 242
2002Ctenodactylidae Marivaux et al.
2002Ctenodactylidae Montgelard et al. p. 230

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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
superfamilyCtenodactyloidea
familyCtenodactylidaeGervais 1853
familyCtenodactylidaeGervais 1853

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.

Fm. Ctenodactylidae Gervais 1853 [gundi]
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G. †Africanomys Lavocat 1961
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†Africanomys pulcher Lavocat 1961
G. †Confiniummys de Bruijn et al. 2003
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†Confiniummys siddiki de Bruijn et al. 2003
Subfm. †Ctenodactylinae Hinton 1933
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G. †Helanshania Vianey-Liaud et al. 2010
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†Helanshania deserta Vianey-Liaud et al. 2010
Invalid names: Ctenodactylini Vianey-Liaud et al. 2010 [empty]
G. Ctenodactylus Gray 1830
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Ctenodactylus gundi Rothmann 1776
Ctenodactylus vali Thomas 1902
G. †Dubiomys Lavocat 1961
G. †Huangomys Schmidt-Kittler et al. 2007
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†Huangomys frequens Schmidt-Kittler et al. 2007
G. †Irhoudia Jaeger 1971
G. †Leptotataromys Bohlin 1946
G. Massoutiera Lataste 1885
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Massoutiera mzabi Lataste 1881
G. †Metasayimys Lavocat 1961
G. †Ottomania de Bruijn et al. 2003
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†Ottomania proavita de Bruijn et al. 2003
G. Pectinator Blyth 1856
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Pectinator spekei Blyth 1856 [Speke's gundi]
Invalid names: Petrobates von Heuglin 1860 [synonym]
G. †Prosayimys Baskin 1996
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†Prosayimys flynni Baskin 1996
G. †Protataromys Tong 1997
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G. †Sayimys Wood 1937
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†Sayimys perplexus Wood 1937
†Sayimys sihongensis Qiu 2017
Subfm. †Tataromyinae Lavocat 1961
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G. †Alashania Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
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†Alashania tengkoliensis Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
G. †Karakoromys Matthew and Granger 1923
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†Karakoromys decessus Matthew and Granger 1923
G. †Tataromys Matthew and Granger 1923
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†Tataromys deflexus Teilhard de Chardin 1926
†Tataromys minor Huang 1985
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Invalid names: Tataromys parvus Wang 1997 [synonym]
†Tataromys minor longidens Schmidt-Kittler et al. 2007
†Tataromys plicidens Matthew and Granger 1923
†Tataromys sigmodon Matthew and Granger 1923
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Invalid names: Leptotataromys gracilidens Bohlin 1946 [synonym]
G. †Testouromys Robinson and Black 1973
G. †Woodomys Shevyreva 1971
Subfm. †Yindirtemyinae Vianey-Liaud et al. 2010
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G. †Yindirtemys Bohlin 1946
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†Yindirtemys ambiguus Wang 1997
†Yindirtemys birgeri Bendukidze 1993
†Yindirtemys bohlini Huang 1985
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Invalid names: Euryodontomys exiguus Wang 1997 [synonym]
†Yindirtemys deflexus Teilhard de Chardin 1926
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Invalid names: Tataromys gobiensis Kowalski 1974 [synonym]
†Yindirtemys grangeri Bohlin 1946
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Invalid names: Yindirtemys woodi Bohlin 1946 [synonym]
†Yindirtemys sajakensis Bendukidze 1993
†Yindirtemys shevyrevae Vianey-Liaud et al. 2006
†Yindirtemys suni Li and Qiu 1980
Invalid names: Bounomys Wang 1997 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: life habit and diet based on Nowak 1999f
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, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Sharamurunian to the top of the Calabrian or 56.00000 to 0.77400 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (146 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Henan) Protataromys mianchiensis (41120)
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Shanxi) Protataromys yuanquensis (41116)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Kazakhstan Karakoromys sp. (201016)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Protataromys sp. (174913)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3Türkiye (Ardahan) Ottomania proavita, Confiniummys sidiki (79072)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Huangomys frequens (182131) Karakoromys decessus (75595 135794 135804 135806 180953 180980 180982 187301 201176) Tataromys sigmodon, Yindirtemys shevyrevae, Huangomys frequens (175169 180959) Yindirtemys shevyrevae (180961 180970 180984 180985 187298) Yindirtemys shevyrevae, Huangomys frequens (180955 180958)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Nei Mongol) Karakoromys decessus (34695) Karakoromys decessus, Ctenodactylinae n. gen., Tataromys sigmodon, Tataromys plicidens, Helanshania deserta, Tataromys minor, Alashania tengkoliensis, Yindirtemys ulantatalensis, Yindirtemys shevyrevae, Tataromyinae n. gen. 1 (175406) Karakoromys decessus, Tataromys sigmodon, Tataromys plicidens, Tataromys minor, Bounomys sp. (175386) Tataromys grangeri, Karakoromys decessus, Tataromys sigmodon, Tataromys plicidens, Leptotataromys gracilidens, Leptotataromys minor, Tataromys ulantatalensis, Tataromys bohlini (174759) Tataromys sigmodon, Yindirtemys deflexus, Tataromys plicidens, Bounomys sp., Yindirtemys ambiguus (175387)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Ningxia) Karakoromys sp., Tataromys sigmodon, Tataromys plicidens, Tataromys minor, Bounomys bohlini, Bounomys ulantatalensis (182895)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia Karakoromys decessus, Tataromys sigmodon, Tataromys plicidens (53979) Yindirtemys shevyrevae, Huangomys frequens (75601)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Xinjiang) Karakoromys decessus (174978 180951 180952)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Gansu) Karakoromys decessus, Tataromys sigmodon (77998) Karakoromys sp., Karakoromys decessus, Tataromys sigmodon, Tataromys plicidens, Tataromys minor, Bounomys bohlini, Bounomys ulantatalensis, Yindirtemys grangeri (182899)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Türkiye Ctenodactylidae indet. (31604)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan Yindirtemys birgeri, Yindirtemys sajakensis (64412)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Türkiye (Anatolia) Ctenodactylidae gen. B. sp. 1, Sayimys sp. (182501)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04China (Xinjiang) Yindirtemys sp. (175150)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Bosnia and Herzegovina Ctenodactylidae gen. B sp. 1, Sayimys sp. (193750)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) Yindirtemys birgeri (175921)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan Tataromys sigmodon (175958 175959) Yindirtemys birgeri, Yindirtemys sajakensis (152103)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mongolia Tataromys sigmodon, Huangomys frequens (75588) Tataromys sigmodon, Tataromys minor (180971 180972) Yindirtemys deflexus (176447 176448 182061 182080 182083 182121 183913 183915) Yindirtemys deflexus, Tataromys plicidens (75599)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04China (Gansu) Tataromyinae indet. (176454) Tataromys plicidens (176451 176453) Tataromys sigmodon, Tataromys parvus, Yindirtemys ambiguus (175388) Tataromys sp., Tataromys grangeri, Tataromys suni, Leptotataromys gracilidens (42061) Yindirtemys grangeri, Yindirtemys xiningensis (175379 175381 175382 175383) Yindirtemys grangeri, Yindirtemys xiningensis, Yindirtemys ambiguus (175380)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04China (Nei Mongol) Ctenodactylinae n. gen., Tataromys sigmodon, Tataromys plicidens, Helanshania deserta, Tataromys minor, Alashania tengkoliensis, Yindirtemys ulantatalensis, Yindirtemys bohlini, Yindirtemys shevyrevae, Tataromyinae n. gen. 1 (175408) Tataromyinae n. sp. 3, Yindirtemys deflexus, Tataromys minor, Yindirtemys ulantatalensis, Yindirtemys bohlini, Yindirtemys shevyrevae (175410) Tataromys minor, Tataromyinae n. gen. 1 (175407) Tataromys plicidens, Tataromys minor, Tataromyinae n. gen. 1 (175409) Tataromys sigmodon, Tataromyinae n. sp, 3, Tataromyinae n. sp, 4, Yindirtemys deflexus, Alashania tengkoliensis, Yindirtemys ulantatalensis, Yindirtemys bohlini, Yindirtemys shevyrevae, Huangomys frequens (175412) Tataromys sigmodon, Tataromys plicidens, Tataromys minor, Yindirtemys ulantatalensis, Yindirtemys shevyrevae, Huangomys frequens (175411) Yindirtemys grangeri (175819 175820)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Tataromys minor, Yindirtemys shevyrevae (187257) Tataromys plicidens (182077) Tataromys sigmodon, Tataromys plicidens, Tataromys minor (182075) Yindirtemys birgeri, Yindirtemys deflexus (182078) Yindirtemys deflexus (182076 182081 182082 182084 182085 182141 183914 183916) Yindirtemys sp., Tataromys sigmodon (180983) Yindirtemys ulantatalensis (180986)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Mongolia Yindirtemys deflexus (182134) Yindirtemys suni (183917)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Yindirtemys suni (180969)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Pakistan (Baluchistan) Prosayimys sp. (179935)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Pakistan (Baluchistan) Ctenodactylidae indet., Prosayimys sp., Prosayimys flynni (179933)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Libya Sayimys sp. (77029)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mongolia Sayimys intermedius (180987) Tataromys sigmodon, Yindirtemys deflexus, Yindirtemys suni (182090) Yindirtemys suni (180965 182089 182091)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98China (Qinghai) Tataromys sp., Tataromys suni (34674)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan (Baluchistan) Ctenodactylidae indet., Sayimys sp. (180602)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63China (Jiangsu) Sayimys sp. (13482)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Pakistan (Sindh) Ctenodactylidae indet., Sayimys sivalensis (176049) Sayimys intermedius (176052 176053 176054 176055 176057) Sayimys sivalensis (176045 176046 176047 176048) Sayimys sp. (176050 176051)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Saudi Arabia Metasayimys intermedius (47069 47095)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98China (Jiangsu) Sayimys sp. (43400)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Libya Sayimys sp. (13065)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Pakistan (Baluchistan) Ctenodactylidae indet., Sayimys intermedius (180619) Ctenodactylidae indet., Sayimys sp., Sayimys intermedius (180629) Sayimys sp. (180613)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Kazakhstan Sayimys obliquidens (71583)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Pakistan (Balochistan) Sayimys intermedius (69540)
MN 4 - MN 516.9 - 13.82Greece (Macedonia) Sayimys sp. (73861)
Shanwangian16.9 - 13.82China (Jiangsu) Sayimys sihongensis (235551 235566)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Türkiye (Bursa) Ctenodactylidae indet. (68547)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Greece (Aegean) Ctenodactylidae indet. (205390) Sayimys sp. (205389)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Morocco Metasayimys jebeli, Africanomys pulcher (78746)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Libya Sayimys sp. (77030)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63China (Qinghai) Tataromys sp., Tataromys suni (34671)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Saudi Arabia Metasayimys intermedius (41818)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Pakistan (Minanwali) Sayimys sivalensis (13489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333India (Punjab) Sayimys sivalensis (232616)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Algeria Africanomys kettarati (34659)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Morocco (Fes) Africanomys kettarati (35361)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Algeria (Setif) Irhoudia robinsoni (35364) Irhoudia sp. (35363)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6Morocco Irhoudia sp. (34366)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Libya Sayimys sp. (28304 28309)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Morocco Irhoudia bohlini (32056)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Pectinator sp. (21507)