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Heosminthus borrae

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Dipodidae

Taxonomy
Heosminthus borrae was named by Daxner-Höck et al. (2014). Its type specimen is NHMW 2013/0117/0001, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Unkheltseg, UNCH-A/3, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial siltstone in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.

Entered
by P. Mannion on 2017-07-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Heosminthus borrae Daxner-Höck et al.

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyDipodoideaFischer 1817
familyDipodidaeWaterhouse 1842
genusHeosminthusWang 1985
speciesborrae

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.

†Heosminthus borrae Daxner-Höck et al. 2014
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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
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:22:15
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Heosminthus borrae (175169 180955 180956 type locality: 180963 182131)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia Heosminthus borrae (75601)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Heosminthus borrae (182075 182081 182085)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mongolia Heosminthus borrae (182132 201162)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Heosminthus borrae (180969)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mongolia Heosminthus borrae (180975 182088 182136) Heosminthus sp. (180966)