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Cyclopedidae

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Description

The Cyclopedidae is a family of anteaters that includes the silky anteater and its extinct relative, Palaeomyrmidon.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5482https://www.gbif.org/species/5482
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)337005https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=337005
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Cyclopedidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Cyclopedidae
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
-AmericatheriaShockey 2017
-Xenarthra
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
superfamilyVermilingua
familyCyclopedidae(Pocock 1924)
Scientific NameCyclopedidae
Name Published InProc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1924 p.1030
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cyclopedidaesubfamilybelongs to Myrmecophagidaestated with evidenceGaudin and Branham, 1998
Cyclopedidaefamilybelongs to Vermilinguastated with evidenceMcDonald et al., 2008
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
Extant Size (PBDB)3 (75%)
First Recorded Appearance6.80 - 3.00 Ma
Neogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Xenarthra)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. G. McDonald, S. F. Vizcaíno, and M. S. Bargo. 2008. Skeletal anatomy and the fossil history of the Vermilingua. In S. F. Vizcaíno, W. J. Loughry (eds.), The Biology of the Xenarthra
Common Name(s) Pygmy Anteaters
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclopedidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Amphiocnus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
19.00 Ma
Miocene
9.00 Ma
Miocene
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Cyclopes
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
30.01 Ma
Pleistocene
0 Ma
Extant
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Diellipsodon
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Palaeomyrmidon
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
16.80 Ma
Miocene
6.80 Ma
Miocene
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Pseudoglyptodon
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
548.6 Ma
Eocene
29.0 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1924Cyclopinae Pocock
1998Cyclopinae Gaudin and Branham
2008Cyclopedidae McDonald et al.

References

McDonald H. G., Vizcaíno S. F., et al (2008) Skeletal anatomy and the fossil history of the Vermilingua, The Biology of the Xenarthra, 64-78
Gaudin T. J., Branham D. G. (1998) The phylogeny of the Myrmecophagidae (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Vermilingua) and the relationship of Eurotamandua to the Vermilingua, Journal of Mammalian Evolution 5 3, 237-265
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)
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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