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Orycteropus (aardvark)
Taxonomy
Orycteropus was named by Geoffroy (1791) [also attributed to G. Cuvier 1798]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Orycteropina.
It was assigned to Orycteropina by Gray (1825); to Orycteropodidae by MacInnes (1955), Pickford (1975), Carroll (1988), Theodorou et al. (2003), Pickford (2003), Lehmann et al. (2004), Lehmann et al. (2005) and Pickford (2005); and to Orycteropodinae by Patterson (1975), Lehman et al. (2006), Lehmann (2007) and Lehmann (2008).
It was assigned to Orycteropina by Gray (1825); to Orycteropodidae by MacInnes (1955), Pickford (1975), Carroll (1988), Theodorou et al. (2003), Pickford (2003), Lehmann et al. (2004), Lehmann et al. (2005) and Pickford (2005); and to Orycteropodinae by Patterson (1975), Lehman et al. (2006), Lehmann (2007) and Lehmann (2008).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1791 | Orycteropus Geoffroy |
1825 | Orycteropus Gray p. 343 |
1955 | Orycteropus MacInnes p. 27 |
1975 | Orycteropus Patterson p. 201 |
1975 | Orycteropus Pickford p. 62 |
1988 | Orycteropus Carroll |
2003 | Orycteropus Pickford p. 195 |
2003 | Orycteropus Theodorou et al. |
2004 | Orycteropus Lehmann et al. p. 202 |
2005 | Orycteropus Lehmann et al. p. 110 |
2005 | Orycteropus Pickford p. 719 |
2006 | Orycteropus Lehman et al. p. 694 |
2007 | Orycteropus Lehmann p. 181 |
2008 | Orycteropus Lehmann p. 69 |
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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. Orycteropus Geoffroy 1791 [aardvark]
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†Orycteropus abundulafus Lehmann et al. 2005
Orycteropus afer Pallas 1766 [aardvark]
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Invalid names: Myrmecophaga capensis Gmelin 1788 [synonym], Orycteropus haussanus Matschie 1900 [synonym], Orycteropus senegalensis Schinz 1845 [synonym], Orycteropus wertheri Matschie 1900 [synonym]
†Orycteropus browni Colbert 1933
†Orycteropus chemeldoi Pickford 1975
†Orycteropus crassidens MacInnes 1955
†Orycteropus depereti Helbing 1933
†Orycteropus djourabensis Lehmann et al. 2004
†Orycteropus erikssoni Lonnberg 1906
†Orycteropus gaudryi Forsyth Major 1888
†Orycteropus leptodon Hirst 1906
†Orycteropus mauritanicus Arambourg 1954
†Orycteropus minutus Pickford 1975
†Orycteropus pilgrimi Colbert 1933
†Orycteropus pottieri Ozansoy 1965
†Orycteropus sensi Tekkaya 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimate | equation | reference |
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59.4 kg | Mammalia femur diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
38.6 kg | Mammalia humerus diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
62.3 kg | Mammalia tibia diameter | Gingerich 1990 |
mean: 52.3 kg |
Measurements
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femur diameter | 1 | 22.4 | |||||
humerus diameter | 1 | 20.0 | |||||
radius diameter | 1 | 14.0 | |||||
tibia diameter | 1 | 22.0 |
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References: Lehmann et al. 2005, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Holocene or 28.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma
Collections (95 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Chattian | Kenya | Orycteropus sp. (27855) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Kenya | Orycteropus sp. (21721) | |
Miocene - Pliocene | South Africa | Orycteropus sp. (22224 22232) | |
Burdigalian | Kenya | Orycteropus minutus (21726) | |
Langhian | Kenya (Nyanza) | Orycteropus sp. (21339) | |
Langhian | Kenya | Orycteropus chemeldoi (21719) Orycteropus sp. (22071) | |
MN 5 | Turkey (Bursa) | Orycteropus sp. (68547) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | Kenya | Orycteropus sp. (22303) | |
Middle Miocene | Namibia | Orycteropus minutus (21855 96072) | |
Serravallian | Moldova | Orycteropus gaudryi (60271) | |
Serravallian | Kenya | Orycteropus chemeldoi (22287) | |
Serravallian | Kenya (Central Nyanza) | Orycteropus sp. (21340) | |
Serravallian - Tortonian | Pakistan (Sind) | Orycteropus sp. (71455) | |
MN 6 | Russian Federation (Stavropol) | Orycteropus sp. (56738) | |
Tortonian | Ukraine | Orycteropus gaudryi (75800) | |
Tortonian - Messinian | Kenya | Orycteropus sp. (22241) | |
Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | Orycteropus sp. (22139) | |
Vallesian | Greece (Central Macedonia) | Orycteropus pottieri (202119) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey | Orycteropus sp. (56563) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Euboea) | Orycteropus sp. (195432) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Algeria (Oran) | Orycteropus mauritanicus (136913) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Pakistan (Punjab) | Orycteropus browni, Orycteropus pilgrimi (13473) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Uganda | Orycteropus chemeldoi (22445) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Aegean) | Orycteropus gaudryi (202120) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey (Usak) | Orycteropus gaudryi (34462) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Algeria | Orycteropus mauritanicus (34643) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Moldova (Tighina Departement) | Orycteropus gaudryi (36143) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey (Denizli) | Orycteropus sp. (197642) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Chad | Orycteropus sp. (24181) | |
Turolian | Greece (Euboea) | Orycteropus sp. (214079) | |
Turolian | Turkey | Orycteropus gaudryi (151910) | |
Turolian | Greece (Samos) | Orycteropus gaudryi (43007 202215) | |
Messinian | Chad | Orycteropus gaudryi (59839) | |
Messinian | Kenya | Orycteropus sp. (22274 22275) | |
Messinian | Italy (Ravenna) | Orycteropus gaudryi (144566) | |
Messinian | Greece | Orycteropus gaudryi (95689 95690 95691) | |
Messinian - Zanclean | Kenya | Orycteropus sp. (22242) | |
Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | Orycteropus sp. (59167) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | Ethiopia | Orycteropus djourabensis (96050) | |
Zanclean | Chad | Orycteropus djourabensis (96047) | |
Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | Orycteropus sp. (32050) | |
Pliocene | South Africa | Orycteropus afer (22356) | |
Zanclean - Piacenzian | Tanzania | Orycteropus sp. (21830) | |
Zanclean - Calabrian | Kenya | Orycteropus djourabensis (21369) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene | South Africa (Langebaanweg) | Orycteropus sp. (21713) | |
Piacenzian | Tanzania | Orycteropus sp. (21795 21799 21807 21810 21811 21812) | |
Piacenzian | Kenya | Orycteropus sp. (21436) | |
Piacenzian - Gelasian | Ethiopia (Afar) | Orycteropus sp. (224657) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa (Gauteng) | Orycteropus afer (183152) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | Orycteropus afer (21824) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Kenya | Orycteropus sp. (74511) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) | Orycteropus sp. (22492) | |
Pleistocene | South Africa | Orycteropus afer (21828 21929 21956) Orycteropus after (115191) Orycteropus sp. (21825 21920) | |
Pleistocene | Kenya | Orycteropus afer (21963) Orycteropus crassidens (96048 96049) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Orycteropus afer (21957) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Orycteropus afer (22074) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Zambia | Orycteropus afer (21924) Orycteropus sp. (21854) | |
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya | Orycteropus afer (21276 21277) Orycteropus sp. (22272 22276) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) | Orycteropus afer (32119) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Orycteropus afer (22066) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | South Africa | Orycteropus sp. (90070) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Orycteropus afer (21922) | |
Holocene | South Africa | Orycteropus afer (21866 21921) | |
Holocene | Sudan | Orycteropus afer (21902 21958) | |
Holocene | Zambia | Orycteropus sp. (21895) | |
Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Orycteropus afer (22073) | |
Holocene | South Africa (Orange Free) | Orycteropus afer (21912 21943) | |
Holocene | Tanzania | Orycteropus afer (21690) | |
Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Orycteropus afer (21693) |