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Byzantinia bayraktepensis

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Byzantinia bayraktepensis was named by Unay (1980). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BA1 22, a tooth. Its type locality is Bayraktepe I, which is in a Miocene floodplain horizon in the Bayraktepe Formation of Türkiye.

Entered
by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2006-09-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Byzantinia bayraktepensis Unay p. 402 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 4

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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()
orderRodentia
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyCricetodontinaeStehlin and Schaub 1951
tribeCricetodontiniSchaub 1925
genusByzantinia
speciesbayraktepensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Astaracian to the top of the MN 9 or 15.98000 to 9.67000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Astaracian15.98 - 11.63Greece (Mygdonia) Byzantinia bayraktepensis (205366)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Türkiye Byzantinia bayraktepensis (type locality: 64694)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Türkiye Byzantinia bayraktepensis (176197 176198)