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Orycteropus gaudryi

Mammalia - Tubulidentata - Orycteropodidae

Discussion

There is no defined holotype. The material described by Forsyth Major (1888) and housed in the Musée Géologique Cantonal de Lausanne can be considered as its syntypes.

Taxonomy
Orycteropus gaudryi was named by Forsyth Major (1888). Its type specimen is cranium and mandible (NHML-M. 5690) and cranium (NHMW-A.4760) (syntypes) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossil collection from Samos Island in the Geological Museum of Lausanne, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Greece.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Orycteropus gaudryi Forsyth Major
1888Orycteropus gaudryi Major
1975Orycteropus gaudryi Pickford p. 82
2007Orycteropus gaudryi Lehmann p. 185

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
orderTubulidentataHuxley 1872
familyOrycteropodidae
subfamilyOrycteropodinaeGray 1821
genusOrycteropusGeoffroy 1791
speciesgaudryi

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.

†Orycteropus gaudryi Forsyth Major 1888
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: insectivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 10:18:46
Modified: 2012-05-14 19:18:46
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lehmann et al. 2005, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Messinian or 13.82000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Moldova Orycteropus gaudryi (60271)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine Orycteropus gaudryi (75800)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Moldova (Tighina Departement) Orycteropus gaudryi (36143)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Usak) Orycteropus gaudryi (34462)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) Orycteropus gaudryi (type locality: 202120)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos) Orycteropus gaudryi (43007 202215)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Turkey Orycteropus gaudryi (151910)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Orycteropus gaudryi (59839)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece Orycteropus gaudryi (95689 95690 95691)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Orycteropus gaudryi (144566)