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Scotamys
Taxonomy
Scotamys was named by Loomis (1914). It is not extant. Its type is Scotamys antiquus.
It was assigned to Chinchillidae by Wood and Patterson (1959) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Chinchilloidea by Busker et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Chinchillidae by Wood and Patterson (1959) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Chinchilloidea by Busker et al. (2020).
Species
S. antiquus (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Scotamys Loomis |
| 1959 | Scotamys Wood and Patterson |
| 1997 | Scotamys McKenna and Bell |
| 2020 | Scotamys Busker et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||