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Cavia cabrerai

Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae

Taxonomy
Cavia cabrerai was named by Candela and Bonini (2017). Its type specimen is MCH-P 170, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Fernando Norte, which is in a Zanclean terrestrial sandstone/conglomerate in the Andahuala Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Cavia cabrerai Candela and Bonini p. 4

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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
genusCaviaPallas 1766
speciescabrerai

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.

†Cavia cabrerai Candela and Bonini 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:33:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Belén) Cavia cabrerai (type locality: 189824)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Somalia Dugong dugong (168591)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Taiwan Dugong dugong (168593)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Myanmar Dugong dugong (168592)