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Hitonkala macdonaldtau

Mammalia - Rodentia - Florentiamyidae

Taxonomy
Hitonkala macdonaldtau was named by Korth (1992). Its type locality is McCann Canyon Quarry, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Nebraska.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Hitonkala macdonaldtau Korth

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
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
familyFlorentiamyidaeWood 1936
genusHitonkala
speciesmacdonaldtau

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.

†Hitonkala macdonaldtau Korth 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Monroecreekian to the top of the Harrisonian or 26.30000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (Nebraska) Hitonkala macdonaldtau (67637)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Hitonkala macdonaldtau (17526)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Hitonkala macdonaldtau (type locality: 17802 17816 67638)