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Sundatheria

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Sundatheria is an unranked clade. It is extant.

It was assigned to Archonta by Asher and Helgen (2010); and to Euarchonta by Bloch et al. (2007), Silcox et al. (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Sundatheria Bloch et al. p. 1162
2010Sundatheria Asher and Helgen p. 3 figs. Figure 1
2010Sundatheria Silcox 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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—Euarchonta
—Sundatheria
—Sundatheria

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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Fm. †Plagiomenidae Matthew 1918
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G. †Ellesmene Dawson et al. 1993
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†Ellesmene eureka Dawson et al. 1993
Subfm. †Thylacaelurinae Van Valen 1967
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G. †Thylacaelurus Russell 1954
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†Thylacaelurus campester Storer 1984
†Thylacaelurus montanus Russell 1954
Invalid names: Plagiomeninae Matthew 1918 [empty]
Or. Scandentia Wagner 1855 [treeshrew]
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G. Ptilocercus Gray 1848 [Pen-tailed tree shrew]
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†Ptilocercus kylin Li and Ni 2016
Fm. Tupaiidae Gray 1825 [tree shrew]
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G. Anathana Lyon 1913
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Anathana ellioti Waterhouse 1850
G. Dendrogale Gray 1848
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Dendrogale melanura Thomas 1892
Dendrogale murina Schlegel and Mueller 1843
G. †Eodendrogale Tong 1988
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†Eodendrogale parvum Tong 1988
Subfm. Tupaiinae Gray 1825
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G. †Palaeotupaia Chopra and Vasishat 1979
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†Palaeotupaia sivalicus Chopra and Vasishat 1979
G. †Prodendrogale Qiu 1986
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†Prodendrogale engesseri Ni and Qiu 2012
G. Tupaia Raffles 1821
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Tupaia belangeri Wagner 1841
Tupaia chrysogaster Miller 1903
Tupaia dorsalis Schlegel 1857
Tupaia everetti Thomas 1892
Tupaia glis Dirard 1820
Tupaia gracilis Thomas 1893
Tupaia javanica Horsfield 1822 [Horsfield's treeshrew]
Tupaia longipes Thomas 1893
Tupaia minor Gunther 1876
†Tupaia miocenica Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Tupaia moellendorffi Matschie 1898
Tupaia montana Thomas 1892
Tupaia nicobarica Zelebor 1869
Tupaia palawanensis Thomas 1894
Tupaia picta Thomas 1892
†Tupaia storchi Ni and Qiu 2012
Tupaia tana Raffles 1821 [large treeshrew]
Invalid names: Cladobates Cuvier 1824 [synonym], Glipora Jentink 1888 [synonym], Glirisorex Scudder 1882 [synonym], Glisorex Desmarest 1822 [synonym], Glisosorex Giebel 1855 [synonym], Hylogale Temminck 1827 [synonym], Hylogalea Muller and Schlegel 1843 [synonym], Lyonogale Conisbee 1913 [synonym], Sorexglis Cuvier and Saint-Hilaire 1821 [synonym], Tana Lyon 1913 [synonym], Urogale Mearns 1905 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cladobatina Bonaparte 1838 [synonym], Glisoricina Pomel 1848 [synonym]
Invalid names: Adapisoriculinae Van Valen 1967 [empty], Ptilocercinae Lyon 1913 [empty]
Invalid names: Ptilocercidae Lyon 1913 [empty]
Invalid names: Paraprimates [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tiffanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 60.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.2 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ti160.9 - 56.2Canada (Alberta) Thylacaelurus sp. (14939)
Tiffanian60.9 - 56.2USA (Montana) Plagiomenidae indet. (14937)
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Plagiomenidae indet. (15090 15155)
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5Canada (Northwest Territories) Ellesmene eureka (15888)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) Thylacaelurus campester (16626)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) Thylacaelurus montanus (16514 16515 16516)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Thylacaelurus campester (16845) Thylacaelurus sp. (16846)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3China (Henan) Eodendrogale parvum (46197)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) Thylacaelurus montanus (16984)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Thylacaelurus montanus (17014)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Yunnan) Ptilocercus kylin (175142)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Pakistan (Baluchistan) Tupaiidae indet. (179936)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Pakistan (Baluchistan) Tupaiidae indet. (179933)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Himachal Pradesh) Tupaiinae indet., Palaeotupaia sivalicus (13452)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Thailand Tupaia miocenica (48126)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Pakistan (Baluchistan) Tupaiidae indet. (180619)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Tupaiidae indet., Prodendrogale yunnanica (11798)
Baodean11.1 - 5.09China (Yunnan) Prodendrogale engesseri, Tupaia storchi (127187)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09China (Yunnan) Tupaiidae indet. (44219 44220 44221 44223 44224)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Pakistan Tupaia sp. (127346)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Tupaia belangeri (214689)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Malaysia (Selangor) Tupaiidae indet. (235743)