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Hystrix primigenia

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae

Taxonomy
Lamprodon primigenius was named by Wagner (1848). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pikermi (old collection), which is in a Miocene fluvial horizon in Greece.

It was recombined as Hystrix primigenia by Gaudry (1867) and de Bonis et al. (1992).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Lamprodon primigenius Wagner
1867Hystrix primigenia Gaudry
1992Hystrix primigenia de Bonis et al.

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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
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
familyHystricidaeFischer de Waldheim 1817
genusHystrix
speciesprimigenia()

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.

†Hystrix primigenia Wagner 1848
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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: herbivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:43:23
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:43:23
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Turolian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 8.70000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Hystrix primigenia (202630) Lamprodon primigenius (182754)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attiki) Hystrix primigenia (195562)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Usak) Hystrix primigenia (34462)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Makedonia Thraki) Hystrix primigenia (157582)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) Hystrix sp. (32376)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) Hystrix primigenia (202213)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Larissa) Hystrix primigenia (207134)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos Island) Hystrix primigenia (205351)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Bulgaria Hystrix primigenia (208569)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Hystrix primigenia (174455)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Aragon) Hystrix primigenia (32103)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Georgia Hystrix primigenia (40392)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Hystrix primigenia (36103)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (La Rioja) Hystrix etrusca (38892)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Poland Hystrix primigenia (33396)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (La Rioja) Hystrix primigenia (189976)