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Eucoelophorus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Octodontidae

Taxonomy
Eucoelophorus was named by Ameghino (1909). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Octodontidae by Rovereto (1914), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species lacking formal opinion data
E. zaratei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Eucoelophorus Ameghino
1914Eucoelophorus Rovereto p. 198
1997Eucoelophorus McKenna and Bell

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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
familyOctodontidaeWaterhouse 1839
genusEucoelophorusAmeghino 1909

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. †Eucoelophorus Ameghino 1909
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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 13:40:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Montehermosan to the top of the Chapadmalalan or 5.00000 to 3.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Mendoza) E. sp. (189520)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) E. cabrerai (206622) E. chapadmalensis (199154 199156)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Buenos Aires) E. cabrerai, E. zaratei (206623)