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Lagostomus (viscacha)
Taxonomy
Lagostomus was named by Brookes (1828). It is extant. Its type is Lagostomus trichodactylus. It is the type genus of Lagostominae. It was considered monophyletic by Rasia and Candela (2017).
It was assigned to Chinchillidae by Bennett (1833), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Lagostominae by Rasia and Candela (2017).
It was assigned to Chinchillidae by Bennett (1833), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Lagostominae by Rasia and Candela (2017).
Species
L. (Lagostomopsis), L. antiquus, L. compressidens (syn. Viscaccia indefinita), L. euplasius (syn. Viscaccia loberiaense, Viscaccia definata, Viscaccia chapalmalense), L. laminosus, L. maximus (syn. L. angustidens, L. debilis, L. cavifrons, L. heterogenidens, L. minimus), L. pretrichodactyla (syn. Viscaccia insolita, Viscaccia angulata), L. telenkechanum, L. trichodactylus (syn. Callomys viscaccia) (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1828 | Lagostomus Brookes |
| 1833 | Lagostomus Bennett p. 59 |
| 1997 | Lagostomus McKenna and Bell |
| 2017 | Lagostomus Rasia and Candela p. 54 |
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G. Lagostomus Brookes 1828 [viscacha]
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Subg. †Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) Kraglievich 1926
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†Lagostomus (Lagostomopsis) incisus Ameghino 1888
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Invalid names: Lagostomus intermedius Moreno 1888 [synonym], Lagostomus spicatus Ameghino 1888 [synonym]
†Lagostomus antiquus Ameghino 1883
†Lagostomus compressidens Ameghino 1908
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Invalid names: Viscaccia indefinita Ameghino 1908 [objective synonym]
†Lagostomus euplasius Ameghino 1908
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Invalid names: Viscaccia chapalmalense Ameghino 1908 [objective synonym], Viscaccia definata Ameghino 1908 [objective synonym], Viscaccia loberiaense Ameghino 1908 [objective synonym]
†Lagostomus laminosus Ameghino 1891
Lagostomus maximus Desmarest 1817 [plains viscacha]
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Invalid names: Lagostomus angustidens Moreno 1888 [synonym], Lagostomus cavifrons Ameghino 1889 [objective synonym], Lagostomus debilis Ameghino 1889 [synonym], Lagostomus heterogenidens Ameghino 1889 [synonym], Lagostomus minimus Ameghino 1889 [synonym]
†Lagostomus pretrichodactyla Rovereto 1914
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Invalid names: Viscaccia angulata Rovereto 1914 [synonym], Viscaccia insolita Rovereto 1914 [synonym]
†Lagostomus telenkechanum Rasia and Candela 2017
Lagostomus trichodactylus Brookes 1828
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Invalid names: Callomys viscaccia d'Orbigny and Geoffroy 1830 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chasicoan to the top of the Holocene or 10.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 8.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 8.0 Ma
Collections (89 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Serravallian - Tortonian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Lagostomus sp. (231228) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Chubut) | Lagostomopsis indet. (122079) | |
| Chasicoan | Argentina (San Juan) | Lagostomus telenkechanum (13502) | |
| Chasicoan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus telenkechanum (79180) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Jujuy) | Lagostomus sp. (202339) | |
| Huayquerian | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Lagostomopsis sp. (68792) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus sp. (61292 61300 198690) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Lagostomopsis sp., Lagostomopsis pallidens, Lagostomopsis antiquus (55600) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Catamarca) | Lagostomopsis sp. (157794) Lagostomus sp. (198543 198546 198547) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Chubut) | Lagostomopsis sp. (205959) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Mendoza) | Lagostomus sp. (231327) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (La Rioja) | Lagostomus pretrichodactyla (55596) Lagostomus sp. (151506) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Lagostomus pretrichodactyla (192135 230751) Lagostomus sp., Lagostomus pretrichodactyla (87198) Lagostomus sp., Lagostomus telenkechanum (152063) Lagostomus sp., Lagostomus telenkechanum, Lagostomus pretrichodactyla (152061 204598) Lagostomus telenkechanum, Lagostomus pretrichodactyla (140925 151500 152065 204363 206031 206260) | |
| Messinian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Lagostomus sp. (141939) Lagostomus telenkechanum, Lagostomus pretrichodactyla (140932 152067) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus euplasius (191777) Lagostomus incisus (191766 191769 191770) | |
| Zanclean | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus euplasius (191774) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina | Lagostomus incisus (213466) | |
| Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus incisus (140713) | |
| Montehermosan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus euplasius (145757) Lagostomus incises (152081 152085 152088) Lagostomus incisus (198686 198687 198824 198863) Lagostomus sp. (61302 152062) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Córdoba) | Lagostomus sp. (202212) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomopsis sp. (199154 199156) Lagostomus compressidens (198856) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (San Luis) | Lagostomopsis sp. (152073) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Córdoba) | Lagostomopsis sp. (211573) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomopsis sp. (53926 213136) Lagostomus sp. (199155) | |
| Piacenzian | Argentina (Córdoba) | Lagostomus sp. (225604) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus sp. (71304) | |
| Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus maximus (212469) Lagostomus sp. (61307) | |
| Pleistocene | Argentina (Santa Fe) | Lagostomus maximus (232458) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus sp. (63335 63336) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Cordoba) | Lagostomus sp. (197916 197918) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomopsis sp., Lagostomus incisus (202096) Lagostomus maximus (71286 71303 71314 71347 140807) Lagostomus sp. (140805) | |
| Lujanian | Argentina (Entre Ríos) | Lagostomus maximus (203957) Lagostomus sp. (212840) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Uruguay | Lagostomus sp. (211646) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Uruguay (Canelones) | Lagostomus sp. (176485) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Lagostomus maximus (147598) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Santiago del Estero) | Lagostomus maximus (191153) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus maximus (71316 73845) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Lagostomus maximus (191127) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (La Pampa) | Lagostomus sp. (212470) | |
| Holocene | Argentina (Santiago del Estero) | Lagostomus maximus (187627) | |
| Holocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Lagostomus maximus (70705) | |
| Holocene | Bolivia | Lagostomus maximus (71324) | |
| Holocene | Argentina | Lagostomus maximus (93267) |