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Aplodontia alexandrae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)9432356https://www.gbif.org/species/9432356
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)47709https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=47709
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Aplodontiidae : Liodontia : Aplodontia alexandrae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Aplodontidae : Liodontia : Aplodontia alexandrae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
-Glires
orderRodentia
superfamilySciuroidea
familyAplodontidaeBrandt 1855
genusLiodontiaMiller and Gidley 1918
speciesAplodontia alexandraeFurlong 1910
Generic NameAplodontia
Scientific NameAplodontia alexandrae (Furlong, 1910)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Liodontia alexandraespeciesbelongs to Aplodontiastated without evidenceFurlong, 1910
Liodontia alexandraespeciesbelongs to Liodontiastated without evidenceMiller and Gidley, 1918
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Aplodontidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Liodontia alexandrae (Furlong, 1910)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Aplodontiidae : Liodontia : Liodontia alexandrae

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1910Aplodontia alexandrae Furlong
1918Liodontia alexandrae Miller and Gidley
1932Liodontia alexandrae Gazin
1937Liodontia alexandrae Wilson
1958Liodontia alexandrae Shotwell
1968Liodontia alexandrae Shotwell

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
Gazin C. L. (1932) A Miocene Mammalian Fauna From South-Eastern Oregon, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 418 3, 37-86
Shotwell J. A. (1958) Evolution and Biogeography of the Aplodontid and Mylagaulid Rodents, Evolution 12
Shotwell J. A. (1968) Miocene mammals of southeast Oregon, Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 14, 1-67
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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