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Pedetes (springhaas)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Pedetidae

Taxonomy
Pedetes was named by Illiger (1811). It is extant. Its type is Yerbua capensis.

It was assigned to Macropoda by Illiger (1811); to Pedestina by Gray (1825); and to Pedetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
P. surdaster

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Pedetes Illiger p. 81
1825Pedestes Gray p. 341
1997Pedetes McKenna and Bell

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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
superfamilyAnomaluroideaGervais 1849
familyPedetidaeGray 1825
genusPedetes

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. Pedetes Illiger 1811 [springhaas]
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Pedetes surdaster Thomas 1902 [East African springhare]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: saltatorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: see also Mares 1993g
Created: 2012-05-15 12:49:04
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:16:27
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Pedetes laetoliensis (32050)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Pedetes laetoliensis (21818)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Pedetes laetoliensis (21816)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Pedetes sp. (21824)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Pedetes sp. (21963)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Pedetes sp. (21825 21828 21829)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Pedetes sp. (21276)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Tanzania Pedetes surdaster (21893)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Pedetes surdaster (21932)