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Dinomys (pacarana)
Taxonomy
Dinomys was named by Peters (1873). It is extant. Its type is Dinomys branickii. It is the type genus of Dinomyidae.
It was assigned to Dinomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Dinomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
D. branickii (type species)
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1873 | Dinomys Peters p. 551 |
1997 | Dinomys McKenna and Bell p. 200 |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 |