IRMNG - Petrodromus Peters, 1846

IRMNG taxon details

Petrodromus Peters, 1846

IRMNG_ID

1195029 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1195029)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Macroscelididae Bonaparte, 1838

Synonymised names

Cercoctenus Hollister, 1916 · unaccepted

Mesoctenus Thomas, 1918 · unaccepted

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Species Petrodromus tetradactylus Peters, 1846

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Peters, W.K.H. (1846). Neue Säugethiergattungen aus den Ordnungen der Insectenfresser und Nagethiere. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1846: 257-259., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11055959
page(s): 257 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Petrodromus Peters, 1846. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1195029 on 2024-04-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Peters, W.K.H. (1846). Neue Säugethiergattungen aus den Ordnungen der Insectenfresser und Nagethiere. Bericht über die zur Bekanntmachung geeigneten Verhandlungen der Königlichen Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1846: 257-259., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11055959
page(s): 257 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. , available online at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ [details]

current name source Senut, B.; Pickford, M. (2021). Micro-cursorial mammals from the late Eocene tufas at Eocliff, Namibia. Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia. 23: 90-160., available online at https://mme.gov.na/files/publications/fda_Senut_Pickford%202021_mammals%20Eocliff.pdf [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Cercoctenus Hollister, 1916) Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus., 66, no. 1
page(s): 1 [details]

original description (of Mesoctenus Thomas, 1918) Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (9) 1
page(s): 366 [details]

From other sources

Type species as cited Petrodromus tetradactylus Peters, 1846. [details]

To BioNames database (from synonym Mesoctenus Thomas, 1918)
To ION (Index to Organism Names) (from synonym Mesoctenus Thomas, 1918)