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Xenohystrix

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae

Taxonomy
Xenohystrix was named by Greenwood (1955). It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
X. crassidens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Xenohystrix Greenwood
1997Xenohystrix McKenna and Bell

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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
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
familyHystricidaeFischer de Waldheim 1817
genusXenohystrixGreenwood 1955

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. †Xenohystrix Greenwood 1955
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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: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:26:04
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Piacenzian or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia Xenohystrix indet. (22139)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) X. crassidens (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa X. crassidens (22355 22356)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kenya X. crassidens (22267)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia X. crassidens (21546)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Tanzania X. crassidens (21792 21810 21831 21832)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia X. crassidens (21623 21783 21785)