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Gujaratia

Mammalia - Diacodexeidae

Taxonomy
Gujaratia was named by Bajpai et al. (2005). Its type is Gujaratia pakistanensis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Diacodexis by Rana et al. (2008), Kumar et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Dichobunidae by Bajpai et al. (2005); and to Diacodexeidae by Theodor et al. (2007), Luccisano et al. (2020).

Species
G. pakistanensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Gujaratia Bajpai et al. p. 108
2007Gujaratia Theodor et al. p. 41
2020Gujaratia Luccisano et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
familyDiacodexeidae
genusGujaratia

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. †Gujaratia Bajpai et al. 2005
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†Gujaratia pakistanensis Thewissen et al. 1983
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Diacodexis pakistanensis (87961 87964)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Pakistan (Northwest Frontier) Diacodexis pakistanensis (51856)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) G. pakistanensis (55494)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Jammu and Kasmir) Diacodexis pakistanensis (93699)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (Northwest Frontier) Diacodexis pakistanensis (51857)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Diacodexis pakistanensis (28978)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Jammu and Kashmir) Diacodexis pakistanensis (31299)