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Taxonomy
Tarapotomys was named by Boivin et al. (2018). Its type is Tarapotomys subandinus.
It was assigned to Caviomorpha by Boivin et al. (2018).
It was assigned to Caviomorpha by Boivin et al. (2018).
Species
T. mayoensis, T. subandinus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2018 | Tarapotomys Boivin 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.
G. †Tarapotomys Boivin et al. 2018
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†Tarapotomys mayoensis Boivin et al. 2018
†Tarapotomys subandinus Boivin et al. 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.71000 to 27.30000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Eocene | Peru (San Martín) | T. subandinus (225589) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru | T. mayoensis (199559) T. sp. (199561) T. subandius, T. subandinus (199563) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Peru | T. sp., T. subandinus (199560 199562) |