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Taxonomy
Cephalomys bolivianus was named by Lavocat (1976). Its type specimen is MNHN SAL 164, a partial skull (anterior portion of cranium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Salla, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Salla Formation of Bolivia.
It was recombined as Asteromys bolivianus by Pérez et al. (2018) and Busker et al. (2020).
It was recombined as Asteromys bolivianus by Pérez et al. (2018) and Busker et al. (2020).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1976 | Cephalomys bolivianus Lavocat |
| 2018 | Asteromys bolivianus Pérez et al. |
| 2020 | Asteromys bolivianus Busker et al. |
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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.
†Asteromys bolivianus Lavocat 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| 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: Deseadan or 29.00000 to 21.00000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Deseadan | Bolivia (La Paz) | Asteromys bolivianus (13081 133691 194510 194514 194515 194516 194517) Cephalomys bolivianus (133539 133596) | |
| Deseadan | Bolivia | Cephalomys bolivianus (type locality: 95688) |