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Kunsia (giant rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Kunsia was named by Hershkovitz (1966). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cricetidae by Marshall and Sempere (1991); to Akodontini by D'Elía (2003); and to Sigmodontinae by Salles et al. (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Kunsia Hershkovitz p. 112
1991Kunsia Marshall and Sempere
2003Kunsia D'Elía p. 315
2006Kunsia Salles et al. p. 9

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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
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilySigmodontinaeWagner 1843
Oryzomyalia
tribeAkodontiniVorontzov 1959
genusKunsiaHershkovitz 1966

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. Kunsia Hershkovitz 1966 [giant rat]
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Kunsia fronto Winge 1887
Kunsia tomentosus Lichtenstein 1830
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) Kunsia fronto (70673)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Kunsia tomentosus (92813)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Kunsia tomentosus (211634)