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Actenomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenomyidae

Taxonomy
Actenomys was named by Burmeister (1888). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ctenomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Ctenomyinae by Fernández et al. (2000) and Verzi et al. (2014).

Species
A. priscus (syn. Ctenomys priscus), Dicoelophorus
Sister genera
Dicoelophorus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Dicoelophorus Ameghino
1888Actenomys Burmeister
1914Dicoelophorus Rovereto p. 136
1997Actenomys McKenna and Bell
2000Actenomys Fernández et al. p. 87
2014Actenomys 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
genusActenomysBurmeister 1888

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. †Actenomys Burmeister 1888
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†Actenomys priscus Owen 1840
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Invalid names: Ctenomys priscus Owen 1840 [replaced]
Invalid names: Dicoelophorus Ameghino 1888 [nomen oblitum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: semifossorialg
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: "semi subterranean" but not fully fossorialg
Created: 2012-05-15 10:11:43
Modified: 2012-05-14 19:11:43
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Fernández et al. 2000, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Chapadmalalan to the top of the Lujanian or 4.00000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) A. sp. (68333 191764 191765 191766 191767 191768 191769 191770)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) A. latidens (145757) A. priscus (61302 152062 152064 152081 152084 152085 152086 152087 152088 198685 198686 198687 198688 198863) Ctenomys priscus (13503)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Cordoba) A. sp. (211574)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (San Luis) A. sp. (152073)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) A. sp. (191760 191761 191772)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) A. sp. (202096)