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Atherurus (brush-tailed porcupine)
Taxonomy
Atherurus was named by Cuvier (1829). It is extant.
It was assigned to Hystricidae by Palmer (1904).
It was assigned to Hystricidae by Palmer (1904).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1829 | Atherurus Cuvier |
1904 | Atherurus Palmer p. 849 |
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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. Atherurus Cuvier 1829 [brush-tailed porcupine]
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Atherurus macrourus Linnaeus 1758 [Asiatic brush-tailed porcupine]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (5 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | Atherurus indet. (22139) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Hunan) | Atherurus sp. (36819) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) | Atherurus sp. (214689) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Vietnam (Lang Son) | Atherurus sp. (92781) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | China (Hubei) | Atherurus macrourus (92787) |