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Eocardia (Dicardia)

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Eocardia (Dicardia) was named by Ameghino (1891). Its type is Eocardia (Dicardia) maxima.

It was reranked as Dicardia by Ameghino (1894).

It was assigned to Eocardia by Ameghino (1891); and to Eocardidae by Ameghino (1894).

Subtaxa
Eocardia (Dicardia) excavata, Eocardia (Dicardia) maxima (type species), Eocardia (Dicardia) modica
Species lacking formal opinion data
Eocardia excavala

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Eocardia (Dicardia) Ameghino p. 16
1894Dicardia Ameghino p. 74

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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
genusEocardia
subgenusDicardia

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.

Subg. †Eocardia (Dicardia) Ameghino 1891
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†Eocardia (Dicardia) maxima Ameghino 1891
†Eocardia (Dicardia) modica Ameghino 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body mass source: publishedg
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-04-14 01:38:44
Modified: 2013-04-13 10:38:44
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Vizcaíno et al. 2010, Nowak 1999

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Aisén) Eocardia excavata (71843)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Eocardia excavata (142529 176593 176599 210638 210786)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (San Juan) Eocardia excavata (197900)