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Liodontia

Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Taxonomy

Liodontia was named by Miller and Gidley (1918). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Aplodontidae by Miller and Gidley (1918), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species

L. alexandrae, L. bathypotamos, L. dailyi, L. furlongi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1918	Liodontia Miller and Gidley
1997	Liodontia McKenna and Bell

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
superfamily	Sciuroidea
family	Aplodontidae	Brandt 1855
genus	Liodontia	Miller and Gidley 1918

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.

G. †Liodontia Miller and Gidley 1918

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†Liodontia alexandrae Furlong 1910

†Liodontia bathypotamos Hopkins 2019

†Liodontia dailyi Hopkins 2019

†Liodontia furlongi Gazin 1932

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

fossorialf

Diet:

herbivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2005-08-26 12:56:39

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Hemphillian or 20.43000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Arikareean	29.5 - 18.5	USA (Montana)	L. bathypotamos (17695)
Hemingfordian	20.43 - 15.97	USA (Nevada)	L. sp. (18960 18961 18962 18964)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian - Early/Lower Barstovian	20.43 - 12.5	USA (Utah)	L. sp. (18915)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian	20.43 - 12.5	USA (Montana)	L. bathypotamos (19084)
Barstovian	16.3 - 12.5	USA (Oregon)	L. alexandrae (18809 19006 19019 19056)
Barstovian	16.3 - 12.5	USA (Nevada)	L. alexandrae (19103) L. sp. (181731)
Hemphillian	10.3 - 4.9	USA (Nevada)	L. furlongi (19095)
Hemphillian	10.3 - 4.9	USA (Oregon)	L. furlongi (18806 18999)