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Conilurus (rabbit rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Conilurus was named by Ogilby (1838). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rodentia by Ogilby (1838).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Conilurus Ogilby p. 96

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
genusConilurus

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. Conilurus Ogilby 1838 [rabbit rat]
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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: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Australia (Queensland) Conilurus indet. (182153 182154)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Conilurus albipes (136430) Conilurus sp. (28298)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Conilurus albipes (96015)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Queensland) Conilurus albipes (183095)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Conilurus albipes (182920 183262 183263)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (New South Wales) Conilurus albipes (181897)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (South Australia) Conilurus albipes (136072)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Australia (South Australia) Conilurus albipes (136172)