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Octodon (degu)
Taxonomy
Octodon was named by Bennett (1823). It is extant.
It was assigned to Octodontinae by Fernández et al. (2000); and to Octodontidae by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Octodontinae by Fernández et al. (2000); and to Octodontidae by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1823 | Octodon Bennett |
| 2000 | Octodon Fernández et al. p. 87 |
| 2005 | Octodon Wilson and Reeder |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Fernández et al. 2000, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Chile (O'Higgins) | Octodon bridgesii, Octodon lunatus, Octodon sp., Octodon degus (71280) |