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Reithrodon (bunny rat)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Reithrodon was named by Waterhouse (1837). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cricetidae by Rovereto (1914), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Reithrodontini by D'Elía (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Reithrodon Waterhouse
1908Proreithrodon Ameghino p. 424
1914Reithrodon Rovereto p. 187
1997Reithrodon McKenna and Bell
2003Reithrodon D'Elía p. 316

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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
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilySigmodontinaeWagner 1843
—Oryzomyalia
tribeReithrodontini
genusReithrodonWaterhouse 1837

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. Reithrodon Waterhouse 1837 [bunny rat]
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Reithrodon auritus Fischer 1814 [bunny rat]
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Invalid names: Proreithrodon chapalmalense Ameghino 1908 [synonym], Proreithrodon incipens Ameghino 1908 [synonym]
†Reithrodon chapalmalense Ameghino 1908
Invalid names: Proreithrodon Ameghino 1908 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

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: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Montehermosan to the top of the Holocene or 5.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.8 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Reithrodon auritus (198863)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Buenos Aires) Reithrodon auritus (199160)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) Reithrodon auritus (63335)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Uruguay Reithrodon sp. (71325)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Reithrodon auritus (71303 71347 140805 140807)
Lujanian (glacial)0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Reithrodon physodes, Reithrodon auritus (140934)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014Mexico (Sonora) Reithrodon auritus (213027)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Tucuman) Reithrodon auritus (141182)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Cruz) Reithrodon physodes (71336)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Reithrodon auritus (71330 73845)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Catamarca) Reithrodon auritus (216692)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Tucuman) Reithrodon auritus (216696)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Mendoza) Reithrodon auritus (212466 212467)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (La Pampa) Reithrodon auritus (212470)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Reithrodon auritus (63338 145810)