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Cardiatherium patagonicum

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae

Taxonomy
Cardiatherium patagonicum was named by Vucetich et al. (2005). Its type specimen is MPEF−PV 740/1, a mandible (right mandibular fragment with m1–m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rincon Chico (Puerto Madryn Formation) Peninsula Valdes, which is in a Tortonian coastal sandstone/shale in the Puerto Madryn Formation of Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. orientalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Cardiatherium patagonicum Vucetich et al. p. 262 figs. 4-6

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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
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
familyHydrochoeridaeGill 1872
genusCardiatherium
speciespatagonicum

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.

†Cardiatherium patagonicum Vucetich et al. 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available