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Kunsia (giant rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Kunsia was named by Hershkovitz (1966). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cricetidae by Marshall and Sempere (1991); to Akodontini by D'Elía (2003); and to Sigmodontinae by Salles et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Kunsia Hershkovitz p. 112
1991Kunsia Marshall and Sempere
2003Kunsia D'Elía p. 315
2006Kunsia Salles et al. p. 9

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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
—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
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilySigmodontinaeWagner 1843
—Oryzomyalia
tribeAkodontiniVorontzov 1959
genusKunsiaHershkovitz 1966

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. Kunsia Hershkovitz 1966 [giant rat]
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Kunsia fronto Winge 1887
Kunsia tomentosus Lichtenstein 1830
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: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.774 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Bolivia (Tarija ) Kunsia fronto (70673)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Kunsia tomentosus (92813)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Kunsia tomentosus (211634)