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Oligoryctes ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4827020	https://www.gbif.org/species/4827020
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	40518	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40518

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Apternodontidae : Oligoryctes

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Laurasiatheria	Waddell et al. 1999
-	Eulipotyphla
suborder	Soricomorpha	Gregory 1910
infraorder	Soricota	Kalandadze and Rautian 1992
superfamily	Solenodontoidea	Gill 1972
family	Apternodontidae	Matthew 1910
genus	Oligoryctes	Hough 1956

Scientific Name

Oligoryctes Hough, 1956

Name Published In

J. Paleont. 30

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Oligoryctes	genus	belongs to Apternodontidae	stated without evidence	Hough, 1956
Oligoryctes	genus	belongs to Apternodontinae	stated without evidence	Van Valen, 1967
Oligoryctes	genus	belongs to Apternodontidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Oligoryctes	genus	belongs to Oligoryctidae	stated without evidence	Asher et al., 2002
Oligoryctes	genus	belongs to Apternodontidae	stated without evidence	Lopatin, 2003

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

46.2 - 40.4 Ma
Eocene

Last Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 33.3 Ma
Oligocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Mammaliaformes)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Hough. 1956. A new insectivore from the Oligocene of the Wind River Basin, Wyoming, with notes on the taxonomy of the Oligocene Tenrecoidea. Journal of Paleontology 30(3):531-541

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Apternodus altitalonidus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	46.2 Ma Eocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Oligoryctes cameronensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		11	40.4 Ma Eocene	37.2 Ma Eocene
Oligoryctes crawfordensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1956	Oligoryctes Hough
1967	Oligoryctes Van Valen
1997	Oligoryctes McKenna and Bell
2002	Oligoryctes Asher et al.
2003	Oligoryctes Lopatin

References

Hough J. (1956) A new insectivore from the Oligocene of the Wind River Basin, Wyoming, with notes on the taxonomy of the Oligocene Tenrecoidea, Journal of Paleontology 30 3, 531-541

Van Valen L. (1967) New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 5, 217-284

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Asher R. J., McKenna M. C., et al (2002) Morphology and relationships of Apternodus and other extinct, zalambdodont, placental mammals, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 273, 1-117

Lopatin A. V. (2003) A Zalambdodont Insectivore of the Family Apternodontidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) from the Middle Eocene of Mongolia, Paleontological Journal 37 2, 187-195

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

J. Paleont. 30 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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