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Neocavia depressidens

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Caviidae

Taxonomy
Neocavia depressidens was named by Parodi and Kraglievich (1948). Its type specimen is MLP 46-V-13-53, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Acantilado de Monte Hermoso, which is in a Montehermosan terrestrial sandstone in the Monte Hermoso Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Neocavia depressidens Parodi and Kraglievich p. 66 fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—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)
superfamilyCavioideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyCaviidae
genusNeocaviaKraglievich 1932
speciesdepressidens

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.

†Neocavia depressidens Parodi and Kraglievich 1948
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available