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Xenocardia diversidens

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Caviidae

Taxonomy
Xenocardia diversidens was named by Pascual and Bondesio (1963). It is not extant. Its type locality is Loma de Camello (Huachipampa), which is in a Chasicoan delta plain mudstone/sandstone in the Huachipampa Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Xenocardia diversidens Pascual and Bondesio

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
—CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
—Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyCavioideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyCaviidae
subfamilyHydrochoerinae(Gill 1872)
genusXenocardia
speciesdiversidens

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.

†Xenocardia diversidens Pascual and Bondesio 1963
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Chasicoan or 10.00000 to 8.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chasicoan10.0 - 8.0Argentina (San Juan) Xenocardia diversidens (type locality: 13502)