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Neoreomys australis

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Neoreomys australis was named by Ameghino (1887). Its type specimen is MLP 15-121, a mandible (right mandibular fragment with p4-m2 and incisor), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Neoreomys australis Ameghino
1887Neoreomys decisus Ameghino
1887Neoreomys indivisus Ameghino
1891Neoreomys (Pseudoneoreomys) leptorhynchus Ameghino p. 14
1891Neoreomys (Pseudoneoreomys) pachyrhynchus Ameghino p. 14
1891Neoreomys (Pseudoneoreomys) mesorhynchus Ameghino p. 15
1894Neoreomys australis Ameghino p. 68
1894Neoreomys decisus Ameghino p. 68
1894Neoreomys indivisus Ameghino p. 68
1894Neoreomys variegatus Ameghino p. 68
2006Neoreomys australis Kramarz p. 54
2022Neoreomys australis Vizcaíno et al.

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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
genusNeoreomysAmeghino 1887
speciesaustralisAmeghino 1887

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.

†Neoreomys australis Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Neoreomys (Pseudoneoreomys) leptorhynchus Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Neoreomys (Pseudoneoreomys) mesorhynchus Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Neoreomys (Pseudoneoreomys) pachyrhynchus Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Neoreomys decisus Ameghino 1887 [synonym], Neoreomys indivisus Ameghino 1887 [synonym], Neoreomys variegatus Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 4.22 kgs
Minimum body mass: 4.22 kgs
Body mass estimate: 4.22 kg
Body mass source: publisheds
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-04-14 01:37:08
Modified: 2013-04-13 10:37:08
Source: s = species, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Vizcaíno et al. 2010, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Santacrucian to the top of the Burdigalian or 17.50000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Aisén) Neoreomys australis (71843)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Neoreomys australis (59133 59319 59322 59323)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Argentina (Santa Cruz) Neoreomys australis (197691)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Neoreomys australis (59324 59332 59333 59334 142529 142533 176578 176593 176599 176600 176601 176602 176603 176625 176635 176636 176641 204358 206237 206239 206242 210637 210638 210786 210787)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (San Juan) Neoreomys australis (197899)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Argentina (Chubut) Neoreomys australis (204600 207562)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Chile (Aisén) Neoreomys australis (139845)