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Petromuridae

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Petromuridae

Taxonomy
Petromuridae was named by Wood (1955). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Phiomorpha by Nowak (1999); and to Thryonomyoidea by Wood (1958), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Sallam and Seiffert (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Petromuridae Wood
1958Petromuridae Wood p. 172
1991Petromuridae Nowak
1999Petromuridae Nowak
2001Petromuridae Huchon and Douzery p. 242
2019Petromuridae Sallam and Seiffert

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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()
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
superfamilyThryonomyoideaPocock 1922
familyPetromuridaeWood 1955
familyPetromuridaeWood 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.

Fm. Petromuridae Wood 1955
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G. †Apodecter Hopwood 1929
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†Apodecter stromeri Hopwood 1929
G. Petromus Smith 1831
G. †Tufamys Pickford 2018
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†Tufamys woodi Pickford 2018
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
Comments: life habit and diet based on Nowak 1999f
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:26:49
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Apodecter stromeri, Bathyergoides sp. (65159) Tufamys woodi (165176)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Uganda Apodecter orangeus (28293)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Namaqualand) Petromus sp. (51187)