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Eoprocardia elliptica

Mammalia - Rodentia - Eocardiidae

Taxonomy
Eocardia elliptica was named by Ameghino (1891). It is the type species of Eocardia (Procardia), Eoprocardia.

It was recombined as Eocardia (Procardia) eliptica by Ameghino (1891); it was recombined as Procardia elliptica by Ameghino (1894); it was recombined as Eoprocardia elliptica by Trouessart (1904).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Eocardia (Procardia) eliptica Ameghino p. 16
1891Eocardia elliptica Ameghino p. 145
1894Procardia elliptica Ameghino p. 74
1904Eoprocardia elliptica Trouessart p. 520

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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
genusEoprocardia
specieselliptica(Ameghino 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.

Eoprocardia elliptica Ameghino 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available