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Xenohystrix
Taxonomy
Xenohystrix was named by Greenwood (1955). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Hystricidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Hystricidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1955 | Xenohystrix Greenwood |
1997 | Xenohystrix McKenna and Bell |
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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. †Xenohystrix Greenwood 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 |
Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Piacenzian or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (13 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | Xenohystrix indet. (22139) | |
Pliocene | South Africa | X. crassidens (22355 22356) | |
Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | X. crassidens (32050) | |
Zanclean - Pliocene | Kenya | X. crassidens (22267) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian | Ethiopia | X. crassidens (21546) | |
Piacenzian | Ethiopia | X. crassidens (21623 21783 21785) | |
Piacenzian | Tanzania | X. crassidens (21792 21810 21831 21832) |