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Myocastoridae
Taxonomy
Myocastorinae was named by Ameghino (1902). It is extant.
It was reranked as the family Myocastoridae by Ameghino (1902), Nowak (1991), Nowak (1999) and Huchon and Douzery (2001).
It was assigned to Rodentia by Ameghino (1902) and Nowak (1991); to Octodontoidea by Nowak (1999) and Huchon and Douzery (2001); and to Echimyidae by Patterson and Pascual (1968), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Pereira et al. (2012).
It was reranked as the family Myocastoridae by Ameghino (1902), Nowak (1991), Nowak (1999) and Huchon and Douzery (2001).
It was assigned to Rodentia by Ameghino (1902) and Nowak (1991); to Octodontoidea by Nowak (1999) and Huchon and Douzery (2001); and to Echimyidae by Patterson and Pascual (1968), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Pereira et al. (2012).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1902 | Myocastoridae Ameghino |
1902 | Myocastorinae Ameghino |
1968 | Myocastorinae Patterson and Pascual |
1991 | Myocastoridae Nowak |
1997 | Myocastorinae McKenna and Bell p. 207 |
1999 | Myocastoridae Nowak |
2001 | Myocastoridae Huchon and Douzery p. 246 |
2012 | Myocastorinae Pereira et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Myocastoridae Ameghino 1902
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G. †Paramyocastor Ameghino 1904
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†Paramyocastor diligens Ameghino 1888
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Invalid names: Isomyopotamus affinis Rovereto 1914 [synonym], Isomyopotamus albaniri Reig 1950 [synonym], Paramyocastor intactus Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
Invalid names: Isomyopotamus Rovereto 1914 [synonym]
G. †Strophostephanos Ameghino 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available