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Palaeoryctidae
Taxonomy
Palaeoryctidae was named by Winge (1917). It is not extant. Its type is Palaeoryctes.
It was assigned to Insectivora by Sloan and Van Valen (1965); to Palaeoryctoidea by Van Valen (1967) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1979); to Proteutheria by Kielan-Jaworowska (1981) and Gheerbrant (1992); to Cimolesta by Carroll (1988) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Eutheria by Prasad et al. (1994) and Scott et al. (2002); and to Palaeoryctida by Lopatin (2006).
It was assigned to Insectivora by Sloan and Van Valen (1965); to Palaeoryctoidea by Van Valen (1967) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1979); to Proteutheria by Kielan-Jaworowska (1981) and Gheerbrant (1992); to Cimolesta by Carroll (1988) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Eutheria by Prasad et al. (1994) and Scott et al. (2002); and to Palaeoryctida by Lopatin (2006).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1917 | Palaeoryctidae Winge |
1965 | Palaeoryctidae Sloan and Van Valen p. 221 |
1967 | Palaeoryctidae Van Valen |
1979 | Palaeoryctidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223 |
1981 | Palaeoryctidae Kielan-Jaworowska p. 67 |
1988 | Palaeoryctidae Carroll |
1992 | Palaeoryctidae Gheerbrant |
1994 | Palaeoryctidae Prasad et al. p. 264 |
1997 | Palaeoryctidae McKenna and Bell p. 211 |
2002 | Palaeoryctidae Scott et al. p. 698 |
2006 | Palaeoryctidae Lopatin |
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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.
Fm. †Palaeoryctidae Winge 1917
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Subfm. †Deltatheridiinae Gregory and Simpson 1926
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Subfm. †Didelphodontinae Simpson 1927
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G. †Nuryctes Tong 2003
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†Nuryctes alayensis Lopatin and Averianov 2004
†Nuryctes gobiensis Lopatin and Averianov 2004
†Nuryctes qinlingensis Tong 1997
Invalid names: Neoryctes Tong 1997 [replaced]
G. †Palaeoryctes Matthew 1913
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†Palaeoryctes cruoris Gunnell 1994
†Palaeoryctes jepseni Bloch et al. 2004
†Palaeoryctes minimus Gheerbrant 1992
†Palaeoryctes puercensis Matthew 1913
†Palaeoryctes punctatus Van Valen 1966
G. †Pararyctes Van Valen 1966
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†Pararyctes pattersoni Van Valen 1966
†Pararyctes rutherfordi Scott et al. 2002
Invalid names: Palaeoryctinae Winge 1917 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Fox 2004, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 83.50000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections (82 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia (Omnogov Aimak) | Hyotheridium sp. (37184) | |
Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Spain (Castilla y Leon) | Palaeoryctidae indet. 1, Palaeoryctidae indet. 2 (61321) | |
Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | Palaeoryctidae indet. (14539) | |
Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | Thlaeodon sp. (119007) | |
Puercan | USA (Wyoming) | Palaeoryctidae indet. (14722) | |
Puercan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Palaeoryctes sp. (14768) | |
Puercan | USA (Montana) | Palaeoryctidae indet. (14809) Pararyctes sp. (14766) | |
Danian | Belgium (Hainaut) | Belgoryctes thaleri (132949) | |
Danian | USA (North Dakota) | Palaeoryctes punctatus (14962) | |
To2 | Canada (Alberta) | Palaeoryctidae indet. (14894) | |
Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | Palaeoryctes puercensis (14886) Palaeoryctes sp. (14879) Palaeoryctidae indet. (14912) | |
Torrejonian | Canada (Alberta) | Pararyctes pattersoni (194574) Pararyctes sp. (14828) | |
Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | Palaeoryctes puercensis (14816 14893) | |
Ti1 | Canada (Alberta) | Palaeoryctidae indet., Palaeoryctes punctatus, Pararyctes pattersoni, Didelphodontinae indet., Pararyctes sp. (14939) | |
Ti3 | Canada (Alberta) | Pararyctes pattersoni (14928) Pararyctes sp. (14992) | |
Ti4 | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Palaeoryctes sp., Pararyctes sp. (14978) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Montana) | Palaeoryctes sp. (14937) Pararyctes pattersoni (15064) | |
Tiffanian | Canada (Alberta) | Lainoryctes youzwyshyni (14951) Palaeoryctidae indet., Pararyctes pattersoni (14959 14973) Pararyctes sp. (14953 14995) Pararyctes sp., Palaeoryctes punctatus, Pararyctes pattersoni (14954) | |
Tiffanian | USA (North Dakota) | Palaeoryctes punctatus, Pararyctes pattersoni (14931) Pararyctes pattersoni (14932) Pararyctes sp., Palaeoryctes sp. (15000) | |
Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Aaptoryctes ivyi (15059 46653) Gelastops sp. (14944) Palaeoryctes cruoris, Palaeoryctes punctatus (14936) Palaeoryctes sp. (14952 15017 15049 26569) Palaeoryctidae indet. (15036) Pararyctes pattersoni (14989) | |
Thanetian | Morocco (Meknès-Tafilalet) | Didelphodontinae sp. 1, Didelphodontinae sp. 2, Didelphodontinae sp. 3, Palaeoryctes minimus (88301) Didelphodontinae sp. 3 (133241 133242) | |
Gashatan | China (Nei Mongol) | Tsaganius ambiguus (71076) | |
Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Aaptoryctes ivyi, Palaeoryctes jepseni (15024) | |
Late/Upper Paleocene | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Jarveia erronea, Pinoryctes collector (37008) | |
Late/Upper Paleocene | Kazakhstan (Chimkent) | Voltaia minuta, Jarveia sp., Jarveia minuscula (48888) | |
Clarkforkian | USA (Wyoming) | Aaptoryctes ivyi (15028) Palaeoryctes punctatus (15072 15085 15159) Palaeoryctes sp. (15082) | |
Ypresian | Morocco | Didelphodontinae new , Palaeoryctes minimus (133216) | |
Ypresian | United Kingdom (England) | Didelphodontinae indet. (38868) | |
Ypresian | Kyrgyzstan (Osh) | Palaeoryctidae indet., Nuryctes alayensis (28490) | |
Lostcabinian | USA (Wyoming) | Palaeoryctidae indet. (15917) | |
Wasatchian | USA (Wyoming) | Aceroryctes dulcis (15673 118482) Eoryctes melanus (15727 15738 15755 15779 15793 15796) Palaeoryctes punctatus (16021) Palaeoryctes sp. (15491) Palaeoryctidae indet. (186944) Pararyctes sp., Palaeoryctes punctatus (15516) | |
Bumbanian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Tsaganius ambiguus (133397) | |
Bumbanian | Mongolia (Southern Mongolia) | Tsaganius ambiguus (37206) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | France (Var) | Palaeoryctidae indet. (35538) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | USA (Wyoming) | Palaeoryctes sp. (15679) | |
Bridgerian | USA (Utah) | Palaeoryctinae indet. (16396) | |
Bridgerian | USA (Wyoming) | Didelphodontinae indet. (16499) | |
Middle Eocene | Mongolia (Ovorhangai) | Nuryctes gobiensis (93596) | |
Middle Eocene | Spain (Salamanca) | Palaeoryctidae indet. (41311) | |
Early/Lower Uintan | USA (California) | Palaeoryctidae indet. (16674) | |
Bartonian | Spain (Barcelona) | Palaeoryctidae indet. (142030) | |
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | China (Henan) | Neoryctes qinlingensis (174738) |