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Olenopsis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae

Taxonomy
Olenopsis was named by Ameghino (1889). Its type is Olenopsis uncinus.

It was synonymized objectively with Paranamys by Candela (2005).

It was assigned to Echinomyidae by Ameghino (1889); to Dinomyidae by Fields (1957); and to Dasyproctidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
O. typicus, O. uncinus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Olenopsis Ameghino p. 145
1957Olenopsis Fields
1997Olenopsis McKenna and Bell

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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)
superfamilyChinchilloideaBennett 1833
familyDinomyidaePeters 1873
genusOlenopsis

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. †Olenopsis Ameghino 1889
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†Olenopsis typicus Ameghino 1889
†Olenopsis uncinus Ameghino 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:32:01
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Laventan to the top of the Huayquerian or 13.80000 to 5.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Venezuela (Falcon) O. sp. (146407)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) O. sp. (188238 195253 195257)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) O. typicus (55600)