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Xaymaca

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heptaxodontidae

Taxonomy
Xaymaca was named by MacPhee and Flemming (2003). Its type is Xaymaca fulvopulvis.

It was assigned to Heptaxodontidae by MacPhee (2009).

Species
X. fulvopulvis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Xaymaca MacPhee and Flemming
2009Xaymaca MacPhee

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
—Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyChinchilloideaBennett 1833
familyHeptaxodontidaeAnthony 1917
genusXaymaca

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. †Xaymaca MacPhee and Flemming 2003
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†Xaymaca fulvopulvis MacPhee and Flemming 2003
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 11:47:39
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:47:39
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Jamaica (Middlesex) X. fulvopulvis (235160)