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Luantus sompallwei

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Luantus sompallwei was named by Solorzano et al. (2020). Its type specimen is SGO.PV.1401, a mandible (fragment of right mandible with the base of incisor, incompletely erupted unworn p4, and moderately worn m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Estero Trapa Trapa West, which is in a Santacrucian/Laventan fluvial-lacustrine sandstone/conglomerate in the Cura-Mallín Formation of Chile.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2020Luantus sompallwei Solorzano et al.

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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
genusLuantusAmeghino 1899
speciessompallwei

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.

Luantus sompallwei Solorzano et al. 2020
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Santacrucian to the top of the Laventan or 17.50000 to 11.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santacrucian - Laventan17.5 - 11.0Chile (Bío Bío) Luantus sompallwei (type locality: 140105)