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Tempestia

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Tempestia was named by van de Weerd (1976). Its type is Eliomys hartenbergeri.

It was assigned to Myomiminae by Daams (1989); and to Gliridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Tempestia van de Weerd
1989Tempestia Daams
1997Tempestia 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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilyGliroideaMuirhead 1819
familyGliridaeMuirhead 1819
subfamilyMyomiminaeDaams 1981
genusTempestia

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. †Tempestia van de Weerd 1976
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Tempestia hartenbergeri de Bruijn 1966
Tempestia ovilis Daams 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: MN 7 + 8 or 12.75000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Spain (Zaragoza) T. hartenbergeri (34524 34525) T. ovilis (34514 34522 34523)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Spain (Soria) Eliomys hartenbergeri (40755)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain T. hartenbergeri (70806)
Vallesian11.63 - 8.725Spain (Aragon) T. hartenbergeri (35302 35303) T. hartenbergeri, Eliomys hartenbergeri (35301)