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Dinomyidae
Taxonomy
Dinomyidae was named by Peters (1873). It is extant. Its type is Dinomys.
It was assigned to Simplicidentata by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Cavioidea by Patterson and Wood (1982), Nowak (1999); to Hystricognathi by Kramarz et al. (2010); and to Chinchilloidea by Wood (1958), Carroll (1988), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Upham and Patterson (2015).
It was assigned to Simplicidentata by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); to Cavioidea by Patterson and Wood (1982), Nowak (1999); to Hystricognathi by Kramarz et al. (2010); and to Chinchilloidea by Wood (1958), Carroll (1988), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Upham and Patterson (2015).
Subtaxa
Briaromys, Carlesia, Colpostemma, Diaphoromys, Dinomys (type genus), Discolomys, Doellomys, Drytomomys, Eumegamyinae, Eumegamys (syn. Megamys), Eumegamysops, Eusigmomys (syn. Sigmomys), Ferigolomys, Gyriabrus, Josephoartigasia (syn. Artigasia), Olenopsis, Paranamys, Pentastylodon, Pentastylomys, Potamarchinae, Protomegamys, Pseudosigmomys, Rusconia, Scleromys, Simplimus, Telicomys, Telodontomys, Tetrastylomys
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1873 | Dinomyidae Peters |
1883 | Dinomyidae Flower p. 185 |
1891 | Dinomyidae Flower and Lydekker p. 91 |
1958 | Dinomyidae Wood p. 172 |
1982 | Dinomyidae Patterson and Wood |
1988 | Dinomyidae Carroll |
1991 | Dinomyidae Nowak |
1999 | Dinomyidae Nowak |
2001 | Dinomyidae Huchon and Douzery p. 246 |
2010 | Dinomyidae Kramarz et al. |
2015 | Dinomyidae Upham and Patterson |
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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.
Fm. Dinomyidae Peters 1873
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G. †Carlesia Kraglievich 1926
G. †Colpostemma Ameghino 1891
G. †Diaphoromys Kraglievich 1931
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†Diaphoromys arctus Rusconi 1945
†Diaphoromys gamayensis Kraglievich 1931
Invalid names: Diaphoromys mesopotamicus Kraglievich 1932 [nomen dubium]
G. †Doellomys Alvarez 1947
Subfm. †Eumegamyinae Kraglievich 1926
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G. †Isostylomys Kraglievich 1926
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†Isostylomys laevis Rusconi 1945
†Isostylomys laurillardi Ameghino 1883
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Invalid names: Isostylomys intermedius Mones and Castiglioni 1979 [synonym], Isostylomys magnus Mones and Castiglioni 1979 [synonym]
G. †Tetrastylus Ameghino 1886
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†Tetrastylus angustidens Rusconi 1934
†Tetrastylus araucanus Ameghino 1904
†Tetrastylus atrophiatus Rovereto 1914
†Tetrastylus intermedius Rovereto 1914
†Tetrastylus laevigatus Ameghino 1886
†Tetrastylus montanus Ameghino 1891
Invalid names: Loxomylus Cope 1869 [synonym], Protelicomys Kraglievich 1931 [synonym], Tetrastylopsis Kraglievich 1931 [synonym]
G. †Eumegamys Kraglievich 1926
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†Eumegamys contortus Ameghino 1889
†Eumegamys paranensis Kraglievich 1926
†Eumegamys scalabrinianus Kraglievich 1926
Invalid names: Megamys D'Orbigny 1842 [synonym]
G. †Eusigmomys Ameghino 1905
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†Eusigmomys oppositus Ameghino 1904
Invalid names: Sigmomys Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
G. †Gyriabrus Ameghino 1891
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†Gyriabrus holmbergi Ameghino 1885
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Invalid names: Gyriabrus teisseirei Kraglievich 1930 [objective synonym]
†Gyriabrus latidens Rusconi 1945
†Gyriabrus quadratus Rusconi 1945
†Gyriabrus royoi Stirton 1947
G. †Josephoartigasia Mones 2007
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†Josephoartigasia magna Mones 2007
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Invalid names: Artigasia magna Francis and Mones 1966 [replaced]
†Josephoartigasia monesi Rinderknecht and Blanco 2008
Invalid names: Artigasia Francis and Mones 1966 [replaced]
G. †Pentastylodon Alvarez 1947
G. †Pentastylomys Kraglievich 1926
Subfm. †Potamarchinae Kraglievich 1926
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G. †Potamarchus Burmeister 1885
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†Potamarchus adamiae Kerber et al. 2016
†Potamarchus murinus Burmeister 1885
G. †Protomegamys Kraglievich 1932
G. †Pseudosigmomys Kraglievich 1931
G. †Scleromys Ameghino 1887
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†Scleromys angustus Ameghino 1887
†Scleromys colombianus Fields 1957
†Scleromys quadrangulatus Kramarz 2006
†Scleromys schurmanni Stehlin 1940
G. †Telicomys Kraglievich 1926
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†Telicomys amazonensis Frailey 1986
†Telicomys giganteus Ameghino 1904
†Telicomys gigantissimus Ameghino 1908
G. †Tetrastylomys Kraglievich 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available