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Hydrochoeridae
Taxonomy
Hydrochoeridae was named by Gill (1872). It is extant. Its type is Hydrochoerus. It was considered monophyletic by Perez and Pol (2012).
It was reranked as the subfamily Hydrochoerinae by Kraglievich (1930), Perez and Pol (2012), Albright et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Rodentia by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Nowak (1991); to Caviomorpha by MacFadden et al. (1993); to Cavioidea by Wood (1958), Mones and Ojasti (1986), Carroll (1988), Prado et al. (1998), Nowak (1999), Huchon and Douzery (2001); to Octodontoidea by Candela et al. (2012); and to Caviidae by Kraglievich (1930), Perez and Pol (2012), Albright et al. (2019).
It was reranked as the subfamily Hydrochoerinae by Kraglievich (1930), Perez and Pol (2012), Albright et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Rodentia by Kurten and Anderson (1980), Nowak (1991); to Caviomorpha by MacFadden et al. (1993); to Cavioidea by Wood (1958), Mones and Ojasti (1986), Carroll (1988), Prado et al. (1998), Nowak (1999), Huchon and Douzery (2001); to Octodontoidea by Candela et al. (2012); and to Caviidae by Kraglievich (1930), Perez and Pol (2012), Albright et al. (2019).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Hydrochoeridae Gill |
| 1930 | Hydrochoerinae Kraglievich |
| 1930 | Cardiatheriinae Kraglievich p. 241 |
| 1958 | Hydrochoeridae Wood p. 172 |
| 1980 | Hydrochoeridae Kurten and Anderson p. 274 |
| 1986 | Hydrochoeridae Mones and Ojasti p. 1 |
| 1986 | Hydrochoerinae Mones and Ojasti p. 1 |
| 1988 | Hydrochoeridae Carroll |
| 1991 | Anatochoerinae Mones and Vucetich |
| 1991 | Hydrochaeridae Nowak |
| 1993 | Hydrochoeridae MacFadden et al. p. 235 |
| 1997 | Cardiatheriinae McKenna and Bell p. 202 |
| 1998 | Hydrochoeridae Prado et al. p. 795 |
| 1998 | Hydrochoerinae Prado et al. p. 796 |
| 1999 | Hydrochaeridae Nowak |
| 2001 | Hydrochaeridae Huchon and Douzery p. 247 |
| 2012 | Hydrochoeridae Candela et al. p. 518 |
| 2012 | Hydrochoerinae Perez and Pol |
| 2019 | Hydrochoerinae Albright et al. p. 164 |
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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. Hydrochoeridae Gill 1872
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G. †Cantracavia Burmeister 1885
G. †Cardiatherium Ameghino 1883
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†Cardiatherium calingastaense Cerdeño et al. 2019
†Cardiatherium chasicoense Pascual and Bondesio 1968
†Cardiatherium dubium Pascual and Bondesio 1968
†Cardiatherium isseli Rovereto 1914
†Cardiatherium lynchii Ameghino 1889
†Cardiatherium magnum Kraglievich 1940
†Cardiatherium paranense Ameghino 1883
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Invalid names: Anchimys marshi Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Cardiatherium denticulatum Ameghino 1885 [synonym], Cardiatherium doeringi Ameghino 1883 [synonym], Cardiatherium petrosum Ameghino 1885 [synonym], Kiyutherium scillatoyanei Bondesio 1985 [synonym], Procardiatherium crassum Ameghino 1885 [synonym], Procardiatherium simplicidens Ameghino 1885 [synonym]
†Cardiatherium patagonicum Vucetich et al. 2005
†Cardiatherium rosendoi Bondesio 1985
†Cardiatherium rothi Kraglievich 1945
†Cardiatherium talicei Francis and Jones 1965
†Cardiotherium isseli Rovereto 1914
Invalid names: Anchimys Ameghino 1886 [synonym], Kiyutherium Francis and Mones 1965 [synonym], Plexochoerus Ameghino 1886 [synonym], Procardiatherium Ameghino 1885 [synonym]
G. †Phugatherium Ameghino 1887
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†Phugatherium cataclisticum Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Anchimysops villalobosi Kraglievich 1927 [objective synonym], Chapalmatherium irenense Reig 1958 [synonym], Hydrochoerus lydekkeri Moreno 1888 [synonym], Neoanchimys pisanoi Pascual and Bondesio 1961 [synonym], Protohydrochoerus perturbidus Ameghino 1889 [synonym], Protohydrochoerus rothi Rovereto 1914 [synonym]
†Phugatherium dichroplax Ahearn and Lance 1980
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Invalid names: Neochoerus cordobai Carranza-Castaneda and Miller 1989 [synonym], Neochoerus lancei Mones 1980 [synonym]
†Phugatherium novum Ameghino 1908
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Invalid names: Chapalmatherium saavedrai Hoffstetter et al. 1984 [synonym]
Invalid names: Anchimysops Kraglievich 1927 [synonym], Chapalmatherium Ameghino 1908 [synonym], Neoanchimys Pascual and Bondesio 1961 [synonym], Protohydrochoerus Rovereto 1914 [synonym]
Subfm. †Protohydrochoerinae Kraglievich 1930
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Invalid names: Anatochoerinae Mones and Vucetich 1991 [invalid subgroup], Cardiatheriinae Kraglievich 1930 [invalid subgroup]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Rancholabrean or 13.82000 to 0.01400 Ma
Collections (73 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Serravallian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Cardiatherium sp. (199484) | |
| Serravallian | Uruguay (San Jose) | Cardiatherium orientalis, Cardiatherium talicei (206212) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Protohydrochoerus sp. (13522) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Chubut) | Cardiatherium patagonicum (122031 122079) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | Cardiatherium orientalis, Cardiatherium sp. (55602) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Kiyutherium indet. (146450) Kiyutherium sp. (146451) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil (Acre) | Cardiatherium sp. (136714) Kiyutherium orientalis (134808) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil | Hydrochoeridae indet. (57989) | |
| Chasicoan | Argentina (San Juan) | Cardiatherium chasicoense (167887) | |
| Chasicoan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Cardiatherium chasicoense (168397) Cardiatherium dubium, Procardiatherium chasicoense (206218) Procardiatherium sp., Cardiatheriinae indet. (79180) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Cardiatherium orientalis (151498 204361) Hydrochoeridae indet. (87198) Kiyutherium orientalis (13778) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Chubut) | Kiyutherium sp. (205959) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Anchimysops sp., Cardiatherium sp., Kiyutherium sp., Procardiatherium sp., Protohydrochoerus sp., Contracavia sp., Anchimys sp., Anatochoerus sp., Plexochoerus sp., Phugatherium cataclisticum, Cardiatherium paranense, Cantracavia sp. (55600) Cardiatherium paranense (140471) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Cardiatherium paranense (231327) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Catamarca) | Cardiatherium rosendoi (198548) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (San Juan) | Cardiatherium calingastaense (198513) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Rio Negro) | Cardiatherium isseli, Kiyutherium orientalis (206561) Cardiatherium patagonicum (206216) | |
| Huayquerian - Montehermosan | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Cardiotheriinae indet. (206232) | |
| Huayquerian - Montehermosan | Argentina (Catamarca) | Procardiatherium rosendoi (203948) | |
| Huayquerian - Montehermosan | Argentina (Cordoba) | Cardiatheriinae indet. (140630) | |
| Montehermosan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Chapalmatherium perturbidum, Phugatherium cataclysticum, Anchimysops villalobosi, Neoanchimys pisanoi (13503) Phugatherium cataclisticum (152062 152064 152081 152084 152085 152088) Protohydrochoerus perturbidus, Phugatherium cataclisticum, Anchimysops villalobosi (198863) Protohydrochoerus sp. (83282) | |
| Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan | Bolivia (La Paz) | Chapalmatherium saavedrai (70641) Chapalmatherium sp. (142380) | |
| Blancan | Mexico (Guanajuato) | Neochoerus cordobai (20077) | |
| Blancan | USA (Florida) | Neochoerus dichroplax (19753 19754 19756 19763 98320) | |
| Blancan | USA (Arizona) | Neochoerus dichroplax (19658) Neochoerus lancei (19657) | |
| Blancan - Irvingtonian | Mexico (Jalisco) | Neochoerus cordobai (20078) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Bolivia (Linares) | Chapalmatherium saavedrai (71112) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Anchimysops sp., Protohydrochoerus sp. (199154) Anchimysops ultra, Anchimysops sp., Protohydrochoerus sp., Phugatherium sp. (199156) Phugatherium novum (202340) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Córdoba) | Cardiatherium talicei (202212) Phugatherium novum (197902) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Chapalmatherium sp. (199155) Protohydrochoerus lydekkeri, Eucardiodon sp. (213136) Protohydrochoerus lydekkeri, Nothydrochoerus fontanai (213138) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (South Carolina) | Phugatherium dichroplax (206988) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Mendoza) | Cardiatherium paranense (206214) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Cardiatherium sp. (122033) | |
| Piacenzian | Argentina (Córdoba) | Chapalmatherium novum (225604) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene | Venezuela (Monagas) | Chapalmatherium indet. (144977) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Neochoerus dichroplax (19750 98313) | |
| Irvingtonian | Mexico (Jalisco) | Neochoerus cordobai (20539) | |
| Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Hydrochoeridae indet. (20308) Hydrochoerus sp. (20400) | |
| Rancholabrean | Mexico (Sonora) | Hydrochoeridae indet. (20495) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Venezuela (Zulia) | Hydrochoeridae indet. (63886) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piauí) | Hydrochoeridae indet. (211632) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) | Hydrochoeridae indet. (148309) |