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Ctenomys avitus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenomyidae

Taxonomy
Ctenomys avitus was named by De Santi et al. (2024) [LSIDurn:lsid:zoobank. org:act:7C44559B-668F-4F53-931E-A3F5707ECAAA]. Its type specimen is MLP-Pv 91-IV-25–212, a partial skeleton (almost complete skull and jaw, and 45% of the postcranial elements), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Costa Bonita, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. talarum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Ctenomys avitus De Santi et al. p. 35

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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)
superfamilyOctodontoideaWaterhouse 1839
familyCtenomyidaeLesson 1842
genusCtenomysde Blainville 1826
speciesavitus

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.

†Ctenomys avitus De Santi et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: herbivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 10:06:23
Modified: 2012-05-14 20:06:53
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Fernández et al. 2000, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Argentina (Buenos Aires) Ctenomys avitus (225537)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina Ctenomys avitus (type locality: 236717)