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Tubulidentata (aardvark)

Mammalia - Tubulidentata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Tubulidentata Huxley
1883Tubulidentata Flower p. 184
1906Tubulidentata Ameghino p. 91
1910Tubulidentata Gregory p. 465
1911Tubulidentata Jaekel p. 237
1975Tubulidentata McKenna p. 43
1988Tubulidentata Carroll
1991Tubulidentata Nowak
1999Tubulidentata Waddell et al. p. cover
2001Tubulidentata Madsen et al. p. 610
2001Tubulidentata Waddell et al. p. 148 figs. Figure 3
2005Tubulidentata Wilson and Reeder
2007Tubulidentata Seiffert
2010Tubulidentata Asher and Helgen

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Afroinsectiphilia
orderTubulidentataHuxley 1872
orderTubulidentataHuxley 1872

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.

Or. Tubulidentata Huxley 1872 [aardvark]
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Fm. Orycteropodidae Gray 1821
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Subfm. Orycteropodinae Gray 1821
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G. †Leptorycteropus Patterson 1975
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†Leptorycteropus guilielmi Patterson 1975
G. †Myorycteropus MacInnes 1955
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†Myorycteropus africanus MacInnes 1955
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
Invalid names: Orycteropodina Bonaparte 1850 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: insectivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: life habit and diet based on Nowak 1999 o
Created: 2005-08-26 13:58:20
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:58:20
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

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

Collections (105 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Kenya Orycteropus sp. (27855)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Myorycteropus africanus (96089) Orycteropus sp. (21721)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Orycteropus sp. (22224 22232)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Myorycteropus africanus (21725) Orycteropus minutus (21726)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya Orycteropus chemeldoi (21719) Orycteropus sp. (22071)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya (Nyanza) Orycteropus sp. (21339)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Turkey (Bursa) Orycteropus sp. (68547)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Kenya Orycteropus sp. (22303)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Namibia Orycteropus minutus (21855 96072)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya Orycteropus chemeldoi (22287)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya (Central Nyanza) Myorycteropus sp., Orycteropus sp. (21340)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Moldova Orycteropus gaudryi (60271)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Pakistan (Sind) Orycteropus sp. (71455)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Russian Federation (Stavropol) Orycteropus sp. (56738)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine Orycteropus gaudryi (75800)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Orycteropus sp., Leptorycteropus guilielmi (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Orycteropus sp. (22139)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Kenya Orycteropodidae indet., Leptorycteropus guilielmi (22236)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece (Central Macedonia) Orycteropus pottieri (202119)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Uganda Orycteropus chemeldoi (22445)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey Orycteropus sp. (56563)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Moldova (Tighina Departement) Orycteropus gaudryi (36143)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) Orycteropus sp. (195432)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) Orycteropus gaudryi (202120)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) Orycteropus mauritanicus (136913)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Denizli) Orycteropus sp. (197642)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Usak) Orycteropus gaudryi (34462)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan (Punjab) Orycteropus browni, Orycteropus pilgrimi (13473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria Orycteropus mauritanicus (34643)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Orycteropus sp. (24181)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos) Orycteropus gaudryi (43007 202215)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Turkey Orycteropus gaudryi (151910)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) Orycteropus sp. (214079)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Turkey (Anatolia) Tubulidentata indet. (60534)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Orycteropus sp. (22274 22275)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece Orycteropus gaudryi (95689 95690 95691)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Orycteropus gaudryi (59839)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Orycteropus gaudryi (144566)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Orycteropus sp. (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Orycteropus sp. (59167)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Orycteropus djourabensis (96050)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Chad Orycteropus djourabensis (96047)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Tubulidentata indet. (22221)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Orycteropus afer (22356)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Orycteropus sp. (32050)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Tanzania Orycteropus sp. (21830)
Zanclean - Calabrian5.333 - 0.774Kenya Orycteropus djourabensis (21369)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) Orycteropus sp. (21713)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Orycteropus sp. (21795 21799 21807 21810 21811 21812)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya Orycteropus sp. (21436)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ethiopia (Afar) Orycteropus sp. (224657)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Gauteng) Orycteropus afer (183152)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Orycteropus afer (21824)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Orycteropus sp. (74511)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) Orycteropus sp. (22492)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Orycteropus afer (21695 21828 21929 21956 227077 239581 239582 239583) Orycteropus after (115191) Orycteropus sp. (21825 21920)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Kenya Orycteropus afer (21963) Orycteropus crassidens (96048 96049)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Orycteropus afer (21957)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Orycteropus afer (22074)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Zambia Orycteropus afer (21924) Orycteropus sp. (21854)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Orycteropus afer (21276 21277) Orycteropus sp. (22272 22276)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Orycteropus afer (22066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Kenya (Athi-Kapiti) Orycteropus afer (32119)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Orycteropus sp. (90070)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0South Africa Orycteropus afer (21922)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Orycteropus afer (21866 21921)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Orycteropus afer (22073)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia Orycteropus sp. (21895)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Orycteropus afer (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Tanzania Orycteropus afer (21690)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Sudan Orycteropus afer (21902 21958)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (Orange Free) Orycteropus afer (21912 21943)