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Phanomys vetulus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Eocardiidae

Taxonomy
Phanomys vetulus was named by Ameghino (1891). Its type specimen is MACN A 2024, a set of teeth (nine isolated molariforms: (a) left p4; (b) right m1 or m2; (c) left m1 or m2; (d) right m1 or m2; (e) very damaged lower molar; (f) juvenile left P4 and maxill), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barrancas del Río Santa Cruz, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Phanomys vetulus Ameghino
1894Phanomys vetulus Ameghino p. 75
2011Phanomys vetulus Pérez and Vucetich

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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
familyEocardiidae
genusPhanomysAmeghino 1887
speciesvetulusAmeghino 1891

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.

†Phanomys vetulus Ameghino 1891
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. E. Pérez and M. G. Vucetich 2011All characters mentioned in the diagnosis of Phanomys are present in P. vetulus. However, the p4 is markedly worn and consequently, this morphology has to be corroborated in younger specimens. The adult speci- mens of P. vetulus are smaller than the adult specimens of P. mixtus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Phanomys vetulus (type locality: 176593)