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Gaillardia

Mammalia - Talpidae

Taxonomy
Gaillardia was named by Matthew (1932). Its type is Gaillardia thomsoni.

It was assigned to Desmaninae by Van Valen (1967); to Talpidae by Matthew (1932), Carroll (1988); and to Uropsilinae by Gunnell et al. (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Gaillardia Matthew
1956Hydroscapheus Shotwell
1967Gaillardia Van Valen
1988Gaillardia Carroll
2008Gaillardia Gunnell 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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Eulipotyphla
suborderSoricomorphaGregory 1910
infraorderSoricotaKalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamilyTalpoideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyTalpidae(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
subfamilyUropsilinaeDobson 1883
genusGaillardia

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. †Gaillardia Matthew 1932
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†Gaillardia thomsoni Matthew 1932
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Invalid names: Hydroscapheus americanus Shotwell 1956 [synonym]
Invalid names: Hydroscapheus Shotwell 1956 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:41:29
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Hemphillian or 16.30000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (New Mexico) G. sp. (19535)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Oregon) G. thomsoni (222670) Hydroscapheus americanus (18970)
Late/Upper Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Nebraska) G. thomsoni (18499)