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Eocardia (Dicardia) excavata

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Eocardia (Dicardia) excavata was named by Ameghino (1891).

It was recombined as Dicardia excavata by Ameghino (1894).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. excavala

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Eocardia (Dicardia) excavata Ameghino p. 16
1894Dicardia excavata Ameghino p. 74

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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)
superfamilyCavioideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
genusEocardia
subgenusDicardia
speciesexcavata

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body mass source: publishedg
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-04-14 01:38:44
Modified: 2013-04-13 10:38:44
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Vizcaíno et al. 2010

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Aisén) Eocardia excavata (71843)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (San Juan) Eocardia excavata (197900)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Eocardia excavata (142529 176593 176599 210638 210786)