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Heterosminthus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae

Taxonomy
Heterosminthus was named by Schaub (1930). It is not extant. Its type is Heterosminthus orientalis.

It was assigned to Zapodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Lophocricetinae by Wessels et al. (2003).

Species
H. firmus, H. gansus, H. intermedius, H. lanzhouensis, H. minutus, H. mongoliensis, H. orientalis (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. nanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Heterosminthus Schaub
1997Heterosminthus McKenna and Bell
2003Heterosminthus Wessels 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
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyDipodoideaFischer 1817
familyDipodidaeWaterhouse 1842
subfamilyLophocricetinaeSavinov 1970
genusHeterosminthusSchaub 1930

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. †Heterosminthus Schaub 1930
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†Heterosminthus firmus Zazhigin and Lopatin 2000
†Heterosminthus gansus Zheng 1982
†Heterosminthus lanzhouensis Wang and Qiu 2000
†Heterosminthus minutus Daxner-Höck 2001
†Heterosminthus mongoliensis Zazhigin and Lopatin 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:22:15
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Turolian or 28.40000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia H. firmus (75602 176447 176448 182083 182143) H. lanzhouensis (183913)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03China (Gansu) H. lanzhouensis (175252 175379 175380 175381 175382 175383)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia (Övörkhangai) H. firmus (182082)
MP 30 - MN 128.4 - 22.4Turkey (Anatolia) H. firmus (182505)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97China (Xinjiang) H. large sp., H. small sp. (181068)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Mongolia (Övörkhangai) H. firmus (180969)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Mongolia H. lanzhouensis (182087) H. lanzhouensis, H. firmus (182134)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Kazakhstan H. firmus (64355)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mongolia H. firmus (180966 180967 182089 187314) H. mongoliensis (85060) H. nanus, H. firmus (180965 180975 182088)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97China (Gansu) H. intermedius (175356)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mongolia (Bayankhongor) H. mongoliensis (135788)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Gansu) H. orientalis (42540)
MN 320.0 - 16.9China (Xinjiang) H. sp., H. mongoliensis (125716)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Libya H. sp. (77030)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Mongolia (Övörkhangai) H. gansus (75600)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Gansu) H. simplicidens, H. gansus (42675)