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Palaeocavia

Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Palaeocavia Ameghino p. 231
1914Palaeocavia Rovereto p. 138
1997Palaeocavia McKenna and Bell
2017Palaeocavia Madozzo-Jaén and Pérez p. 380

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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
subfamilyCaviinaeGray 1821
genusPalaeocavia

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. †Palaeocavia Ameghino 1889
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†Palaeocavia avita Ameghino 1887
†Palaeocavia brocherense Castellanos 1936
†Palaeocavia chapalmalense Ameghino 1908
†Palaeocavia humahuaquense Candela et al. 2023
†Palaeocavia impar Ameghino 1888
†Palaeocavia mawka Madozzo-Jaén and Pérez 2017
†Palaeocavia minuta Ameghino 1889
†Palaeocavia pampaea Ameghino 1889
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Lujanian or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) P. sp. (87198 140925 152061 204598)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Catamarca) P. mawka (204536)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. sp. (61292 61300)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) P. sp. (55600)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (Jujuy) P. humahuaquense (152079) P. sp. (232411)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (La Pampa) P. sp. (152067)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. sp. (152062 152064 152081 152084 152085 152088 198863)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) P. sp. (157795)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Cordoba) P. sp. (211574)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. sp. (199160)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Córdoba) P. brocherense (211573)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. impar (202096)