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Prodolichotis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae

Taxonomy
Prodolichotis was named by Kraglievich (1932). It is not extant. Its type is Prodolichotis pridiana.

It was assigned to Caviidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
P. guerreroi, P. pridiana (type species), P. prisca

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Prodolichotis Kraglievich
1997Prodolichotis McKenna and Bell

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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
familyCaviidae
genusProdolichotisKraglievich 1932

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.

G. †Prodolichotis Kraglievich 1932
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†Dolichotis prisca mendocina Rovereto 1914
†Prodolichotis guerreroi Walton 1990
†Prodolichotis pridiana Fields 1957
†Prodolichotis prisca Rovereto 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available