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Dolicavia

Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae

Taxonomy
Dolicavia was named by Ameghino (1916).

It was assigned to Caviidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Dolicavia Ameghino p. 284
1997Dolicavia McKenna and Bell

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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)
superfamilyCavioideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyCaviidae
genusDolicaviaAmeghino 1916

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. †Dolicavia Ameghino 1916
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†Dolicavia minuscula Ameghino 1908
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Invalid names: Dolicavia loberiaense Ameghino 1908 [synonym]
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
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:33:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Huayquerian to the top of the Lujanian or 8.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) D. sp. (140925 152061)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) D. sp. (61292)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) D. sp. (61302)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) D. minuscula (198699) D. sp. (199154 199156)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (San Luis) D. minuscula (152073)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Buenos Aires) D. sp. (199157)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Entre Ríos) D. sp. (212840)