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Ritteneria

Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae

Taxonomy
Ritteneria was named by Schaub (1951) [In Stehlin & Schaub, 1951]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Eomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Ritteneria Schaub
1997Ritteneria McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyEomyidaeWinge 1887
genusRitteneriaSchaub 1951

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. †Ritteneria Schaub 1951
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Ritteneria molinae Alvarez Sierra 1989
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, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 2 to the top of the Aquitanian or 22.40000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Germany (Bayern) R. sp. (52567)
Agenian23.03 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) R. manca (203089) R. molinae (203090)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Germany (Baden-Württemberg) R. molinae (66138)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Spain (Zaragoza) R. manca (35750)