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Cardiatherium talicei

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae

Taxonomy
Cardiatherium talicei was named by Francis and Jones (1965). It is not extant. Its type specimen is No 10-VIII-63-1 SPV - FHC, a partial skull (posterior part of skull and manible). Its type locality is Barrancas de San Gregorio (of Francis & Mones, 1965), which is in a Serravallian terrestrial sandstone/claystone in the Kiyu Formation of Uruguay.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. orientalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Cardiatherium talicei Francis and Jones

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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
speciestaliceiFrancis and Jones 1965

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 talicei Francis and Jones 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available