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Caviodon cuyano

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Caviidae

Taxonomy
Caviodon cuyano was named by Vucetich et al. (2011). Its type specimen is MHNSR-PV 1101, a skull (Deformed skull and and mandibular and post cranial fragments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Arroyo Seco de la Frazada (Middle Section) = La Huertita Fm nom. nov., which is in a Montehermosan fluvial sandstone in the La Huertita Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Caviodon cuyano Vucetich et al. p. 559 figs. 3.1,3,5,7 and 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
familyCaviidae
genusCaviodon
speciescuyano

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.

†Caviodon cuyano Vucetich et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:33:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Montehermosan or 5.00000 to 3.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Mendoza) Caviodon cuyano (type locality: 189520)