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Cyclopedidae

Mammalia - Cyclopedidae

Taxonomy
Cyclopinae was named by Pocock (1924). It is extant. Its type is Cyclopes.

It was reranked as the family Cyclopedidae by McDonald et al. (2008).

It was assigned to Myrmecophagidae by Gaudin and Branham (1998); and to Vermilingua by McDonald et al. (2008).

Subtaxa
Cyclopes (type genus), Palaeomyrmidon

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Cyclopinae Pocock
1998Cyclopinae Gaudin and Branham
2008Cyclopedidae McDonald et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
superfamilyVermilingua
familyCyclopedidae(Pocock 1924)
familyCyclopedidae(Pocock 1924)

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. Cyclopedidae Pocock 1924
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G. Cyclopes Gray 1811
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Cyclopes didactyla Linnaeus 1758
G. †Palaeomyrmidon Rovereto 1914
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†Palaeomyrmidon incomptus Rovereto 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:20:40
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:20:40
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Montehermosan to the top of the Holocene or 5.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.0 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) Palaeomyrmidon incomptus (157795)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Cyclopes didactylus (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Cyclopes didactylus (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Cyclopes didactylus (21689)