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Ctenomys thomasi

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenomyidae

Taxonomy
Ctenomys thomasi was named by Lucero et al. (2008). Its type specimen is MLP Pv 04-V-2-1, a partial skull (Cráneo incompleto con series dentarias completas y ambas ramas mandibulares), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Centinela del Mar (CdM) - Nivel B, which is in an Ensenadan terrestrial siltstone in Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. talarum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Ctenomys thomasi Lucero et al. figs. 2-3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
—Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyOctodontoideaWaterhouse 1839
familyCtenomyidaeLesson 1842
genusCtenomysde Blainville 1826
speciesthomasi

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.

†Ctenomys thomasi Lucero et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: herbivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 10:06:23
Modified: 2012-05-14 20:06:53
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Fernández et al. 2000, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ensenadan or 1.75000 to 0.40000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Buenos Aires) Ctenomys thomasi (type locality: 207681)