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Abrocomidae (chinchilla rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Abrocomidae

Taxonomy
Abrocomidae was named by Miller and Gidley (1918). It is extant.

It was assigned to Rodentia by Nowak (1991); and to Octodontoidea by Wood (1958), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1999), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Upham and Patterson (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Abrocomidae Miller and Gidley
1958Abrocomidae Wood p. 172
1988Abrocomidae Carroll
1991Abrocomidae Nowak
1999Abrocomidae Nowak
2001Abrocomidae Huchon and Douzery p. 246
2015Abrocomidae Upham and Patterson

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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
familyAbrocomidaeMiller and Gidley 1918
familyAbrocomidaeMiller and Gidley 1918

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.

Fm. Abrocomidae Miller and Gidley 1918 [chinchilla rat]
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G. †Abrocoma Waterhouse 1837
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†Abrocoma antiqua Rovereto 1914
G. †Protabrocoma Kraglievich 1927
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†Protabrocoma antiqua Rovereto 1914
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
Comments: life habit and diet based on Nowak 1999f
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:40:54
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Salta) Protabrocoma sp. (197784)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Mendoza) Protabrocoma antiqua (231327)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) Protabrocoma sp., Protabrocoma paranensis (55600)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Catamarca) Abrocoma boliviensis (198543 198546 198547) Protabrocoma antiqua (198548) Protabrocoma sp. (157794)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Protabrocoma sp. (68792)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) Abrocoma antiqua (87198 204598) Protabrocoma antiqua (140925 151498 151500 192135 204363 206260) Protabrocoma sp., Protabrocoma antiqua (152061)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Argentina (La Rioja) Protabrocoma sp., Abrocoma sp. (152263)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Mendoza) Abrocomidae indet., Protabrocoma sp. (189520)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) Protabrocoma antiqua (198555)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) Abrocoma sp. (123525 123527 199160)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Chile (O'Higgins) Abrocoma bennettii, Abrocoma sp. (71280)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Catamarca) Abrocoma cinerea (216692)