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Ardynia

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae

Synonyms
  • Ardynia plicidentata was named by Gabunia (1964). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Benara, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial mudstone/sandstone in Georgia.

    It was considered a nomen dubium by Bai et al. (2018).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Ardynia Matthew and Granger p. 2
1964Ardynia plicidentata Gabunia
1966Ardynia Radinsky p. 635
1988Ardynia Carroll
1989Ardynia Prothero and Schoch p. 535
1991Ardynia Wang and Wang
1996Ardynia Dashzeveg p. 3
2016Ardynia Wang et al.
2017Ardynia Bai and Wang
2018Ardynia Bai et al.

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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
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyHyracodontidaeCope 1879
genusArdynia

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. †Ardynia Matthew and Granger 1923
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Ardynia altidentata Qiu et al. 2004
Ardynia kazachstanensis Beliajeva 1952
Ardynia mongoliensis Belyaeva 1952
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Invalid names: Parahyracodon kazachstanensis Belyaeva 1952 [synonym]
Ardynia ordosensis Bai et al. 2018
Ardynia praecox Matthew and Granger 1923
Invalid names: Ardynia plicidentata Gabunia 1964 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:07:17
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:07:17
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Prothero 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 48.07000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mongolia A. sp. (174909)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) A. mongoliensis (176016) A. mongoliensis, A. praecox (180387) A. mongoliensis, A. sp. (174716)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mongolia A. praecox (73781)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) A. ordosensis (193735) A. praecox (193734) A. sp. (77908)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Nei Mongol) A. kazachstanensis (176066) A. mongoliensis (34695)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Georgia A. plicidentata (182744)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04China (Gansu) A. sp., A. altidentata (71433)