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Prosiphneus licenti

Mammalia - Rodentia - Siphneidae

Taxonomy
Prosiphneus licenti was named by Teilhard de Jardin (1926). It is the type species of Prosiphneus.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. eriksoni, P. praetingi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Prosiphneus licenti Teilhard de Jardin

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familySiphneidaeTeilhard de Jardin and Young 1931
genusProsiphneusTeilhard de Jardin 1926
specieslicentiTeilhard de Jardin 1926

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.

†Prosiphneus licenti Teilhard de Jardin 1926
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 12 to the top of the Turolian or 7.75000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Gansu) Prosiphneus licenti (42674 42676)
MN 12 - MN 137.75 - 4.9China (Shaanxi) Prosiphneus licenti (78328)