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Zindapiria quadricollis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Chapattimyidae

Taxonomy
Zindapiria quadricollis was named by Flynn and Cheema (1994). Its type specimen is Z 901, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Z108, which is in an Oligocene channel sandstone in the Chitarwata Formation of Pakistan. It is the type species of Zindapiria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Zindapiria quadricollis Flynn and Cheema

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—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
familyChapattimyidaeHussain et al. 1978
subfamilyBaluchimyinae
genusZindapiria
speciesquadricollis

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.

†Zindapiria quadricollis Flynn and Cheema 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Aquitanian or 33.90000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan (Balochistan) Zindapiria quadricollis (78520)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Pakistan (Baluchistan) Zindapiria quadricollis (type locality: 179812)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Pakistan (Baluchistan) Zindapiria quadricollis (179933)