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Caenolestidae
Taxonomy
Caenolestidae was named by Trouessart (1898). It is extant.
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Simpson (1948); to Caenolestoidea by Patterson and Marshall (1978), Marshall (1980) and Marshall (1982); to Caenolestoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Paucituberculata by Nowak (1991), Springer et al. (1994), Goin and Candela (1998), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Abello et al. (2012); and to Caenolestoidea by Goin et al. (2009) and Abello et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Marsupialia by Simpson (1948); to Caenolestoidea by Patterson and Marshall (1978), Marshall (1980) and Marshall (1982); to Caenolestoidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Paucituberculata by Nowak (1991), Springer et al. (1994), Goin and Candela (1998), Wilson and Reeder (2005) and Abello et al. (2012); and to Caenolestoidea by Goin et al. (2009) and Abello et al. (2021).
Subtaxa
Caenolestes (syn. Hyracodon), Caenolestinae, Caenolestoides, Callomenus, Eomannodon, Epanorthus, Essoprion, Gaimanlestes, Halmadromus, Halmaselus, Metaepanorthus, Palaepanorthus, Paraepanorthus, Perulestes, Pilchenia, Pliolestes, Prepanorthus, Progarzonia, Rhyncholestes, Stilotherium (syn. Parhalmarhiphus, Garzonia, Halmarhiphus)
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Epanorthidae Ameghino |
| 1891 | Epanorthidae Ameghino p. 18 |
| 1894 | Epanorthidae Ameghino p. 87 |
| 1897 | Epanorthidae Ameghino p. 500 |
| 1898 | Epanorthidae Gadow p. 40 |
| 1898 | Caenolestidae Trouessart |
| 1948 | Caenolestidae Simpson |
| 1978 | Caenolestidae Patterson and Marshall |
| 1980 | Caenolestidae Marshall |
| 1982 | Caenolestidae Marshall |
| 1991 | Caenolestidae Nowak |
| 1994 | Caenolestidae Springer et al. p. 86 |
| 1997 | Caenolestidae McKenna and Bell |
| 1998 | Caenolestidae Goin and Candela |
| 2005 | Caenolestidae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2009 | Caenolestidae Goin et al. |
| 2012 | Caenolestidae Abello et al. |
| 2021 | Caenolestidae Abello 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.
Fm. Caenolestidae Trouessart 1898
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G. Caenolestes Thomas 1895 [common shrew opossum]
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Caenolestes caniventer Anthony 1921
Caenolestes condorensis Albuja Viteri and Patterson 1996
Caenolestes convelatus Anthony 1924
Caenolestes sangay Ojala-Barbour et al. 2013
Caenolestes tatei Anthony 1923
Invalid names: Hyracodon Tomes 1863 [synonym]
Subfm. Caenolestinae Trouessart 1898
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Tr. Caenolestini Winge 1923
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Invalid names: Garzonidae Ameghino 1891 [invalid subgroup], Pichipilini Marshall 1980 [empty]
G. †Eomannodon Ameghino 1902
G. †Perulestes Goin and Candela 2004
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†Perulestes cardichi Goin and Candela 2004
†Perulestes fraileyi Goin and Candela 2004
G. †Stilotherium Ameghino 1887
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†Stilotherium dissimile Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Garzonia annectens Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Garzonia captiva Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Garzonia minima Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Garzonia typica Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Halmarhiphus nanus Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Pichipilus exilis Ameghino 1891 [synonym]
†Stilotherium parvum Abello et al. 2021
†Stilotherium typicum Reig 1955
Invalid names: Garzonia Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Halmarhiphus Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Parhalmarhiphus Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
Invalid names: Epanorthidae Ameghino 1889 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Montehermosan or 41.30000 to 3.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma
Collections (26 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Bartonian | Argentina (Chubut) | Progarzonia notostylopense (13779) | |
| Priabonian - Rupelian | Peru (Loreto) | Perulestes sp. 1, Perulestes sp. 2 (144474) | |
| Tinguirirican | Argentina (Chubut) | Pilchenia antiqua (176200) | |
| Rupelian | Peru (Departamento de Ucayali) | Perulestes cardichi, Perulestes fraileyi (149523) | |
| Rupelian | Argentina (Chubut) | Pilchenia intermedia (176201) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Peru (Loreto) | Perulestes sp. (176129) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Peru | Perulestes sp. (199562) | |
| Deseadan | Argentina (Chubut) | Halmarhiphus guaraniticus (176647) Pilchenia lucina, Palaeothentes lucina (14211) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Peru (Loreto) | Caenolestidae indet. (176147) | |
| Colhuehuapian | Peru | Caenolestidae indet. (176149) | |
| Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Chubut) | Gaimanlestes pascuali (27311) Stilotherium parvum, Caenolestoides miocaenicus (141368) | |
| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Garzonia captiva, Stilotherium dissimile (176594) Pichipilus exilis, Garzonia typica, Garzonia minima, Garzonia annectens, Halmarhiphus nanus, Stilotherium dissimile (176570) Stilotherium dissimile (176565) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Argentina (Chubut) | Caenolestidae indet. (215594) | |
| Colloncuran | Argentina (Neuquén) | Stilotherium dissimile (141175) | |
| Laventan | Bolivia (Tarija) | Caenolestidae indet. (38071) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (La Pampa) | Pliolestes venetus (140925 151498 152066) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Pliolestes tripotamicus (191777) | |
| Zanclean | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Pliolestes tripotamicus (191776) | |
| Montehermosan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Pliolestes tripotamicus (140635) | |
| Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan | Bolivia (La Paz) | Caenolestidae indet. (70641) |