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Willidewu

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenomyidae

Taxonomy
Willidewu was named by Vucetich and Verzi (1991).

It was assigned to Octodontoidea by Carvalho and Salles (2004); to Echimyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Vucetich et al. (2010); and to Ctenomyinae by Verzi et al. (2014).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Willidewu Vucetich and Verzi p. 67
1997Willidewu McKenna and Bell
2004Willidewu Carvalho and Salles
2010Willidewu Vucetich et al.
2014Willidewu Verzi 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)
superfamilyOctodontoideaWaterhouse 1839
familyCtenomyidaeLesson 1842
genusWillidewu

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.

G. †Willidewu Vucetich and Verzi 1991
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Willidewu esteparius Vucetich and Verzi 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:38:32
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Colhuehuapian or 21.00000 to 17.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) W. estaparius (176270) W. esteparius (145897 206621)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Río Negro) W. esteparius (89093)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Rio Negro) W. esteparius (206620)