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Ritteneria

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Eomyidae

Taxonomy
Ritteneria was named by Schaub (1951) [In Stehlin & Schaub, 1951]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Eomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
R. molinae
Species lacking formal opinion data
R. manca
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Ritteneria Schaub
1997Ritteneria 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()
orderRodentia
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyEomyidaeWinge 1887
genusRitteneriaSchaub 1951

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. †Ritteneria Schaub 1951
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†Ritteneria molinae Alvarez Sierra 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the MN 2 to the top of the Aquitanian or 22.40000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany (Bayern) R. sp. (52567)
Agenian23.04 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) R. manca (203089) R. molinae (203090)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Spain (Zaragoza) R. manca (35750)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) R. molinae (66138)