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Bathyergoides

Mammalia - Rodentia - Bathyergidae

Taxonomy

Bathyergoides was named by Stromer (1923). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bathyergidae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Pickford et al. (2008).

Species

B. neotertiarius

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1923	Bathyergoides Stromer
1997	Bathyergoides McKenna and Bell
2008	Bathyergoides Pickford et al. p. 492

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
—	Ctenohystrica	Huchon et al. 2000
infraorder	Hystricognathi	(Tullberg 1899)
infraorder	Phiomorpha	Lavocat 1962
family	Bathyergidae	Waterhouse 1841
genus	Bathyergoides	Stromer 1923

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. †Bathyergoides Stromer 1923

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†Bathyergoides neotertiarius Stromer 1926

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

fossorialf

Diet:

herbivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2012-05-14 20:06:41

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Burdigalian or 41.30000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Namibia (Sperrgebiet)	Bathyergoides indet. (165176)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Kenya	B. sp. (27855)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Namibia (Sperrgebiet)	B. neotertiarius (235619)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Kenya	B. neotertarius (87341) B. sp. (27858)