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Dolichotis minuscula

Mammalia - Rodentia - Caviidae

Taxonomy
Dolichotis minuscula was named by Ameghino (1908). Its type specimen is MACN 10617, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Atlantic cliffs between Mar del Plata and Miramar, which is in a Chapadmalalan terrestrial horizon in the Pampean Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Dolicavia minuscula by Ameghino (1916).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Dolichotis loberiaense Ameghino
1908Dolichotis minuscula Ameghino
1914Dolichotis minuscula Rovereto p. 200
1914Dolichotis loberiaense Rovereto p. 201
1916Dolicavia minuscula Ameghino
1932Dolicavia loberiaense Kraglievich

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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
genusDolichotisDesmarest 1820
speciesminusculaAmeghino 1908

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.

†Dolichotis minuscula Ameghino 1908
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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, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Chapadmalalan or 3.80000 to 3.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Dolichotis minuscula (type locality: 210710)