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Tatera (large naked-soled gerbil)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Tatera was named by Lataste (1882). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Gerbillinae by Steppan et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Tatera Lataste p. 126
1997Tatera McKenna and Bell
2004Tatera Steppan et al. p. 539

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
subfamilyGerbillinae()
genusTateraLataste 1882

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. Tatera Lataste 1882 [large naked-soled gerbil]
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Tatera dichrura Thomas 1915
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: 2005-08-26 13:15:11
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (42 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Tatera sp. (21336)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Tatera sp. (21510 22234)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Tatera inclusa (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India Tatera pinjoricus (70526) Tatera sp. (70525)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Tanzania Tatera inclusa (21830)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Tatera sp. (21546)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Tanzania Tatera inclusa (21800)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Tatera sp. (21624 21765 21773 21780)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Tatera sp. (21287)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Tatera leucogaster (22333 22334)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania Tatera sp. (21804 21805)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia Tatera sp. (21545 21625 21681)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Zambia Tatera sp. (68339)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa Tatera sp., Tatera robinsoni (21824)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Tatera sp. (21502)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Tatera sp. (21915)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Morocco Tatera sp. (21856)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Tatera leucogaster (21949)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Tatera gentryi (22617) Tatera sp. (22041 22064 22628)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Tatera sp. (21507)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Zambia Tatera sp. (68340 68341 68342)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Tatera valida, Tatera leucogaster (21894)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Tatera brantsi, Tatera leucogaster (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Tatera kempii (21692)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Tatera sp. (21903)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Tatera nigricauda (21933)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Tatera brantsi, Tatera leucogaster (21896) Tatera sp. (21862)