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Orycteropodidae
Taxonomy
Orycteropodidae was named by Gray (1821). It is extant.
It was assigned to Oligodontae by Gray (1821); to Bruta by Bonaparte (1850); to Vermilinguia by Ameghino (1889); to Edentata by Cope (1889) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Nomarthra by Cope (1889) and Gadow (1898); to Tubulidentata by Flower (1883), MacInnes (1955), Pickford (1975), Patterson (1975), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1991), Theodorou et al. (2003), Pickford (2003), Lehmann et al. (2004), Pickford (2005), Lehmann et al. (2005), Lehman et al. (2006), Lehmann (2007) and Lehmann (2008); and to Afroinsectivora by Asher and Helgen (2010).
It was assigned to Oligodontae by Gray (1821); to Bruta by Bonaparte (1850); to Vermilinguia by Ameghino (1889); to Edentata by Cope (1889) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Nomarthra by Cope (1889) and Gadow (1898); to Tubulidentata by Flower (1883), MacInnes (1955), Pickford (1975), Patterson (1975), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1991), Theodorou et al. (2003), Pickford (2003), Lehmann et al. (2004), Pickford (2005), Lehmann et al. (2005), Lehman et al. (2006), Lehmann (2007) and Lehmann (2008); and to Afroinsectivora by Asher and Helgen (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1821 | Orycteropodidae Gray p. 305 |
1850 | Orycteropodidae Bonaparte p. 1 |
1883 | Orycteropodidae Flower p. 184 |
1889 | Orycteropidae Ameghino p. 658 |
1889 | Orycteropodidae Cope p. 657 |
1891 | Orycteropodidae Flower and Lydekker p. 89 |
1898 | Orycteropodidae Gadow p. 41 |
1955 | Orycteropodidae MacInnes p. 1 |
1975 | Orycteropodidae Patterson p. 186 |
1975 | Orycteropodidae Pickford p. 62 |
1988 | Orycteropodidae Carroll |
1991 | Orycteropodidae Nowak |
2003 | Orycteropodidae Pickford p. 195 |
2003 | Orycteropodidae Theodorou et al. |
2004 | Orycteropodidae Lehmann et al. p. 202 |
2005 | Orycteropodidae Lehmann et al. p. 110 |
2005 | Orycteropodidae Pickford p. 719 |
2006 | Orycteropodidae Lehman et al. p. 694 |
2007 | Orycteropodidae Lehmann p. 179 |
2008 | Orycteropodidae Lehmann p. 69 |
2010 | Orycteropodidae Asher and Helgen p. 3 figs. Figure 1 |
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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. Orycteropodidae Gray 1821
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Subfm. Orycteropodinae Gray 1821
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G. Orycteropus Geoffroy 1791 [aardvark]
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†Orycteropus abundulafus Lehmann et al. 2005
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 [aardvark]
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Invalid names: Myrmecophaga capensis Gmelin 1788 [synonym], Orycteropus haussanus Matschie 1900 [synonym], Orycteropus senegalensis Schinz 1845 [synonym], Orycteropus wertheri Matschie 1900 [synonym]
†Orycteropus browni Colbert 1933
†Orycteropus chemeldoi Pickford 1975
†Orycteropus crassidens MacInnes 1955
†Orycteropus depereti Helbing 1933
†Orycteropus djourabensis Lehmann et al. 2004
†Orycteropus erikssoni Lonnberg 1906
†Orycteropus gaudryi Forsyth Major 1888
†Orycteropus leptodon Hirst 1906
†Orycteropus mauritanicus Arambourg 1954
†Orycteropus minutus Pickford 1975
†Orycteropus pilgrimi Colbert 1933
†Orycteropus pottieri Ozansoy 1965
†Orycteropus sensi Tekkaya 1993
Invalid names: Orycteropodina Bonaparte 1850 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (98 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Chattian | Kenya | Orycteropus sp. (27855) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Kenya | Myorycteropus africanus (96089) Orycteropus sp. (21721) | |
Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Orycteropus sp. (22224 22232) | |
Burdigalian | Kenya | Myorycteropus africanus (21725) Orycteropus minutus (21726) | |
Langhian | Kenya (Nyanza) | Orycteropus sp. (21339) | |
Langhian | Kenya | Orycteropus chemeldoi (21719) Orycteropus sp. (22071) | |
MN 5 | Turkey (Bursa) | Orycteropus sp. (68547) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | Kenya | Orycteropus sp. (22303) | |
Middle Miocene | Namibia | Orycteropus minutus (21855 96072) | |
Serravallian | Moldova | Orycteropus gaudryi (60271) | |
Serravallian | Kenya | Orycteropus chemeldoi (22287) | |
Serravallian | Kenya (Central Nyanza) | Myorycteropus sp., Orycteropus sp. (21340) | |
Serravallian - Tortonian | Pakistan (Sind) | Orycteropus sp. (71455) | |
MN 6 | Russian Federation (Stavropol) | Orycteropus sp. (56738) | |
Tortonian | Ukraine | Orycteropus gaudryi (75800) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Kenya | Orycteropus sp., Leptorycteropus guilielmi (22241) | |
Tortonian - Zanclean | Kenya | Orycteropodidae indet., Leptorycteropus guilielmi (22236) | |
Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | Orycteropus sp. (22139) | |
Vallesian | Greece (Central Macedonia) | Orycteropus pottieri (202119) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Euboea) | Orycteropus sp. (195432) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Algeria (Oran) | Orycteropus mauritanicus (136913) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Pakistan (Punjab) | Orycteropus browni, Orycteropus pilgrimi (13473) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey | Orycteropus sp. (56563) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Moldova (Tighina Departement) | Orycteropus gaudryi (36143) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey (Denizli) | Orycteropus sp. (197642) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Uganda | Orycteropus chemeldoi (22445) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Aegean) | Orycteropus gaudryi (202120) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Algeria | Orycteropus mauritanicus (34643) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey (Usak) | Orycteropus gaudryi (34462) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Chad | Orycteropus sp. (24181) | |
Turolian | Turkey | Orycteropus gaudryi (151910) | |
Turolian | Greece (Euboea) | Orycteropus sp. (214079) | |
Turolian | Greece (Samos) | Orycteropus gaudryi (43007 202215) | |
Messinian | Kenya | Orycteropus sp. (22274 22275) | |
Messinian | Chad | Orycteropus gaudryi (59839) | |
Messinian | Italy (Ravenna) | Orycteropus gaudryi (144566) | |
Messinian | Greece | Orycteropus gaudryi (95689 95690 95691) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Kenya | Orycteropus sp. (22242) | |
Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | Orycteropus sp. (59167) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Ethiopia | Orycteropus djourabensis (96050) | |
Zanclean | Chad | Orycteropus djourabensis (96047) | |
Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | Orycteropus sp. (32050) | |
Pliocene | South Africa | Orycteropus afer (22356) | |
Zanclean - Piacenzian | Tanzania | Orycteropus sp. (21830) | |
Zanclean - Calabrian | Kenya | Orycteropus djourabensis (21369) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Langebaanweg) | Orycteropus sp. (21713) | |
Piacenzian | Tanzania | Orycteropus sp. (21795 21799 21807 21810 21811 21812) | |
Piacenzian | Kenya | Orycteropus sp. (21436) | |
Piacenzian - Gelasian | Ethiopia (Afar) | Orycteropus sp. (224657) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa (Gauteng) | Orycteropus afer (183152) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | Orycteropus afer (21824) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya | Orycteropus sp. (74511) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) | Orycteropus sp. (22492) | |
Pleistocene | South Africa | Orycteropus afer (21828 21929 21956) Orycteropus after (115191) Orycteropus sp. (21825 21920) | |
Pleistocene | Kenya | Orycteropus afer (21963) Orycteropus crassidens (96048 96049) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Zambia | Orycteropus afer (21924) Orycteropus sp. (21854) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Orycteropus afer (22074) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Orycteropus afer (21957) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya | Orycteropus afer (21276 21277) Orycteropus sp. (22272 22276) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) | Orycteropus afer (32119) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | South Africa | Orycteropus sp. (90070) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Orycteropus afer (22066) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Orycteropus afer (21922) | |
Holocene | Sudan | Orycteropus afer (21902 21958) | |
Holocene | South Africa | Orycteropus afer (21866 21921) | |
Holocene | Zambia | Orycteropus sp. (21895) | |
Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Orycteropus afer (22073) | |
Holocene | South Africa (Orange Free) | Orycteropus afer (21912 21943) | |
Holocene | Tanzania | Orycteropus afer (21690) | |
Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Orycteropus afer (21693) |