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Litodontomys
Taxonomy
Litodontomys was named by Loomis (1914). It is not extant. Its type is Litodontomys chubutensis.
It was assigned to Dasyproctidae by Wood and Patterson (1959), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Dipodidae by Bendukidze et al. (2009); and to Cephalomyidae by Busker and Dozo (2018), Busker et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Dasyproctidae by Wood and Patterson (1959), McKenna and Bell (1997); to Dipodidae by Bendukidze et al. (2009); and to Cephalomyidae by Busker and Dozo (2018), Busker et al. (2020).
Species
L. chubutensis (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Litodontomys Loomis |
| 1959 | Litodontomys Wood and Patterson |
| 1997 | Litodontomys McKenna and Bell |
| 2009 | Litodontomys Bendukidze et al. p. 352 |
| 2018 | Litodontomys Busker and Dozo |
| 2020 | Litodontomys 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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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||