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Telicomys
Taxonomy
Telicomys was named by Kraglievich (1926).
It was assigned to Dinomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Dinomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1926 | Telicomys Kraglievich |
| 1997 | Telicomys McKenna and Bell |
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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.
G. †Telicomys Kraglievich 1926
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†Telicomys amazonensis Frailey 1986
†Telicomys giganteus Ameghino 1904
†Telicomys gigantissimus Ameghino 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Montehermosan or 11.60800 to 3.80000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | T. amazonensis (55602) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil (Acre) | T. amazonensis (145364) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil | T. amazonensis (57989) | |
| Montehermosan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | T. giganteus (198863) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | T. sp. (199156) T. sp., T. gigantissimus (199154) |