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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8115386https://www.gbif.org/species/8115386
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)41492https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41492
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Blackia
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
familySciuridaeGray 1821
tribeBlackiinide Bruijn et al. 1980
genusBlackiaMein 1970
Scientific NameBlackia Mein, 1970
Name Published InGeobios 3 (3)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Blackiagenusbelongs to Sciuridaestated without evidenceMein, 1970
Blackiagenusbelongs to Blackiinistated with evidencede Bruijn et al., 1980
Blackiagenusbelongs to SciuridaeimpliedMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance3.20 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgranivore, frugivore (based on Sciuridae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Blackia miocaenica ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		3528.4 Ma
Oligocene		3.60 Ma
Pliocene
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Blackia ulmensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		222.4 Ma
Miocene		22.4 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1970Blackia Mein
1980Blackia de Bruijn et al. p. 253
1997Blackia McKenna and Bell

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals
de Bruijn H., van der Meulen A.J., et al (1980) The mammals from the Lower Miocene of Aliveri (Island of Evia, Greece). Part 1. The Sciuridae, Proceedings of the Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 83 3, 241-261
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
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
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - 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
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Geobios 3 (3) - 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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