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Oligoryctes

Mammalia - Oligoryctidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Oligoryctes Hough
1967Oligoryctes Van Valen
1997Oligoryctes McKenna and Bell
2002Oligoryctes Asher et al.
2003Oligoryctes Lopatin
2008Oligoryctes Gunnell et al.
2018Oligoryctes Dawson and Constenius p. 37
2022Oligoryctes Korth et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
superfamilySoricoideaGill 1872
familyOligoryctidae
genusOligoryctes

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. †Oligoryctes Hough 1956
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†Oligoryctes tenutalonidus Korth et al. 2022
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Uintan to the top of the Orellan or 46.20000 to 33.30000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7Canada (Saskatchewan) O. sp. (16626)
Late/Upper Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (California) O. sp. (16585)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Wyoming) O. sp. (16515 16517 16630)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Montana) O. sp. (222922)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Wyoming) O. sp. (16884)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) O. sp. (16845)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (California) O. sp. (16813)
Duchesnean - Chadronian39.7 - 33.9USA (Montana) O. cameronensis (16840)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Apternodus altitalonidus (17007)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (North Dakota) O. cameronensis (16991)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) O. sp. (16919)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Montana) O. altitalonidus (16959) O. altitalonidus, O. cameronensis (16988 17010)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Apternodus altitalonidus (16960 16962) Apternodus altitalonidus, O. cameronensis (16963) O. altitalonidus (16961) O. cameronensis (16920)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) O. cameronensis (16917 16941 17014 17033)
Early/Lower Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Montana) O. cameronensis (27245)
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan37.2 - 33.3USA (Nebraska) O. cameronensis, O. tenutalonidus (230806)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Colorado) O. sp. (17081)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (North Dakota) O. altitalonidus (17101)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Montana) O. altitalonidus (17090)