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Taxonomy
Palaeocavia humahuaquense was named by Candela et al. (2023). Its type specimen is JUY-P-0351, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Maimará (lower section), which is in a Messinian fluvial sandstone in the Maimará Formation of Argentina.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2023 | Palaeocavia humahuaquense Candela et al. |
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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.
†Palaeocavia humahuaquense Candela et al. 2023
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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, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||