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Acarechimys gracilis

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Stichomys gracilis was named by Ameghino (1891). Its type specimen is MACN-A 4263, a mandible (left mandible with dp4-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Protacaremys pulchellus by Ameghino (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Acarechimys minutus by Verzi et al. (2017); it was recombined as Acarechimys gracilis by Arnal et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Stichomys gracilis Ameghino p. 14
1894Stichomys gracilis Ameghino p. 70
1902Protacaremys pulchellus Ameghino p. 113
2010Acarechimys pulchellus Vucetich et al.
2017Acarechimys gracilis Arnal et al.
2017Acarechimys pascuali Verzi 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)
superfamilyOctodontoideaWaterhouse 1839
genusAcarechimysPatterson 1965
speciesgracilis()

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.

Acarechimys gracilis Ameghino 1891
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Invalid names: Acarechimys pascuali Verzi et al. 2017 [objective synonym], Acarechimys pulchellus Ameghino 1902 [objective synonym]
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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Colhuehuapian to the top of the Santacrucian or 21.00000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) Acarechimys pulchellus (141368)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Acarechimys gracilis (176570 176593 210637 210638) Acarechimys pascuali (176564 176622)