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Xenohystrix crassidens

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hystricidae

Taxonomy

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Synonymy list
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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
familyHystricidaeFischer de Waldheim 1817
genusXenohystrixGreenwood 1955
speciescrassidens

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.

Diagnosis
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Measurements
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No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Xenohystrix crassidens (22355 22356)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Xenohystrix crassidens (32050)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Xenohystrix crassidens (22267)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Xenohystrix crassidens (21546)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Xenohystrix crassidens (21623 21783 21785)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Xenohystrix crassidens (21792 21810 21831 21832)