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Myocastor

Mammalia - Rodentia - Echimyidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1782Myocastor Kerr
1805Myopotamus Saint-Hilaire
1841Mastonotus Wesmael
1885Myopotamus Ameghino p. 38
1904Myocastor Ameghino
1914Myocastor Rovereto p. 132
1936Tramyocastor Rusconi
1968Myocastor Patterson and Pascual
1997Tramyocastor McKenna and Bell
2004Myocastor Carvalho and Salles
2015Myocastor Arnal and Vucetich
2015Myocastor Upham and Patterson

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
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
familyEchimyidaeGray 1825
genusMyocastorKerr 1782

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.

G. Myocastor Kerr 1782
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Myocastor brevirostris Rusconi 1944
Myocastor coypus Molina 1782 [coypu]
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Invalid names: Mastonotus popelairi Wesmael 1841 [synonym], Myopotamus bonariensis Saint-Hilaire 1805 [synonym]
Myocastor diligens Ameghino 1888
Myocastor ipriscus Gervais and Ameghino 1880
Myocastor perditus Ameghino 1902
Invalid names: Mastonotus Wesmael 1841 [synonym], Myopotamus Saint-Hilaire 1805 [synonym], Tramyocastor Rusconi 1936 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available