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Eorhynchocyon rupestris

Osteichthyes - Macroscelidea - Rhynchocyonidae

Taxonomy
Eorhynchocyon rupestris was named by Senut and Pickford (2021). Its type specimen is EC7 7.2a, a mandible (left mandible w m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eocliff, which is in a Bartonian spring limestone in Namibia. It is the type species of Eorhynchocyon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Eorhynchocyon rupestris Senut and Pickford p. 95 figs. 4-5

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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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Afroinsectiphilia
Afroinsectivora
orderMacroscelideaButler 1956
familyRhynchocyonidae(Gill 1872)
genusEorhynchocyon
speciesrupestris

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.

Eorhynchocyon rupestris Senut and Pickford 2021
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:05:41
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:05:41
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Eorhynchocyon rupestris (type locality: 165176)