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Ottomania

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae

Taxonomy

Ottomania was named by de Bruijn et al. (2003). Its type is Ottomania proavita.

It was assigned to Ctenodactylidae by de Bruijn et al. (2003).

Species

O. proavita (type species)

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2003	Ottomania de Bruijn et al. p. 50

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
—	Ctenohystrica	Huchon et al. 2000
superfamily	Ctenodactyloidea
family	Ctenodactylidae	Gervais 1853
genus	Ottomania

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. †Ottomania de Bruijn et al. 2003

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†Ottomania proavita de Bruijn et al. 2003

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
H. de Bruijn et al. 2003	Ottomania proavita is a ctenodactylid of medium size with M1 and M2 with five crests and lower molars with four crests and three roots. Cheek teeth brachyodont. Protocone and hypocone sub-equal and connected by a low entoloph in the D4 and M1, rarely so in the M2 and M3. Anteroloph much lower than the protoloph in the D4 and M1, but successively more equal in height from M1 through M3. Permanent premolars non-molariform and very small. P4 with two cusps and one root, p4 with three cusps (lacking the hypoconid and the entoconid) and two roots. D3 with two cusps that are anteriorly and posteriorly connected by short crests. D4 very similar to the M1 in morphology and size, but more bunodont. The dental pattern of the molars becomes more lophodont, and overall less primitive, from D4/d4 through M3/m3.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

herbivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-26 11:19:58

Modified:

2005-09-02 11:58:27

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.20000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene	37.2 - 28.4	Turkey (Ardahan)	O. proavita (79072)