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Liodontia alexandrae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae

Taxonomy
Aplodontia alexandrae was named by Furlong (1910). Its type locality is Virgin Valley, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Virgin Valley Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Liodontia alexandrae by Miller and Gidley (1918), Gazin (1932), Wilson (1937), Shotwell (1958) and Shotwell (1968).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Aplodontia alexandrae Furlong
1918Liodontia alexandrae Miller and Gidley
1932Liodontia alexandrae Gazin
1937Liodontia alexandrae Wilson
1958Liodontia alexandrae Shotwell
1968Liodontia alexandrae Shotwell

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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
superfamilySciuroidea
familyAplodontidaeBrandt 1855
genusLiodontiaMiller and Gidley 1918
speciesalexandrae(Furlong 1910)

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.

†Liodontia alexandrae Furlong 1910
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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: 2005-08-26 12:56:39
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Barstovian or 16.30000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Liodontia alexandrae (type locality: 19103)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Oregon) Liodontia alexandrae (18809 19006 19019 19056)