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Yindirtemys suni

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae

Taxonomy
Tataromys suni was named by Li and Qiu (1980). Its type specimen is IVPP V.5992, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Xiejia, which is in a Miocene fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Chetougou Formation of China.

It was recombined as Yindirtemys suni by Li and Qiu (1980), Oliver and Daxner-Höck (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Tataromys suni Li and Qiu
1980Yindirtemys suni Li and Qiu
1980Tataromys suni Li and Qiu p. 212
2017Yindirtemys suni Oliver and Daxner-Höck

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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
familyCtenodactylidaeGervais 1853
subfamilyYindirtemyinae
genusYindirtemysBohlin 1946
speciessuni()

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.

†Yindirtemys suni Li and Qiu 1980
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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
Created: 2005-08-26 11:19:58
Modified: 2005-09-02 11:58:27
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 27.30000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04China (Gansu) Tataromys suni (42061)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Mongolia Yindirtemys suni (183917)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Yindirtemys suni (180969)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98China (Qinghai) Tataromys suni (34674)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mongolia Yindirtemys suni (180965 182089 182090 182091)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63China (Qinghai) Tataromys suni (type locality: 34671)