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Cardiatherium dubium

Mammalia - Rodentia - Hydrochoeridae

Taxonomy
Cardiatherium dubium was named by Pascual and Bondesio (1968). Its type specimen is MLP 60-VI-18-37, a set of teeth (p4 izquierdo), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cauce Arroyo Chasico, frente al campo de Felipe Stefanazzi, which is in a Chasicoan terrestrial horizon in the Arroyo Chasicó Formation of Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. orientalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Cardiatherium dubium Pascual and Bondesio

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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
speciesdubium

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 dubium Pascual and Bondesio 1968
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available