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Tardontia

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Taxonomy
Tardontia was named by Shotwell (1958). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Aplodontidae by Shotwell (1958), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Tardontia Shotwell
1997Tardontia McKenna and Bell

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familyAplodontidaeBrandt 1855
genusTardontia

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. †Tardontia Shotwell 1958
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†Tardontia nevadans Shotwell 1958
†Tardontia occidentale Macdonald 1956
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Miocene or 16.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Montana) T. sp. (19000)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) T. nevadans (19088)
early Late Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) T. sp. (18848)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) T. occidentale (18831) T. sp. (18827)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Pseudaplodon occidentale (18835)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.7USA (Montana) Pseudaplodon occidentale (19126)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Oregon) T. sp. (18807)