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Bellatona

Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae

Taxonomy
Bellatona was named by Dawson (1961). Its type is Bellatona forsythmajori.

It was assigned to Ochotonidae by Dawson (1961) and Zhou (1988); and to Sinolagomyinae by Erbajeva et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Bellatona Dawson
1988Bellatona Zhou p. 139
2011Bellatona Erbajeva et al. p. 2

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Duplicidentata()
orderLagomorphaBrandt 1885
familyOchotonidaeThomas 1897
genusBellatona

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. †Bellatona Dawson 1961
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†Bellatona forsythmajori Dawson 1961
†Bellatona kazakhstanica Erbajeva 1988
†Bellatona yanghuensis Zhou 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:49:04
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Vallesian or 23.03000 to 8.70000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Mongolia B. sp. (182134)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mongolia B. forsythmajori (182120) B. kazakhstanica (180976 180977) B. sp., B. kazakhstanica (180975) B. yanghuensis (176449) B. yanghuensis, B. kazakhstanica (180965)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mongolia (Bayankhongor) B. sp. (182145)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) B. forsythmajori (13483)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (Nei Mongol) B. forsythmajori (42251)