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Aenigmys

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy

Species
A. diamantensis (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Aenigmys Vucetich 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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
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)
genusAenigmys

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.

G. †Aenigmys Vucetich et al. 2005
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Aenigmys diamantensis Vucetich et al. 2005
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. G. Vucetich et al. 2005Medium-sized caviomorph rodent; protohypsodont with cement in the flexids, trilophodont lower molars with the central lophid unusually wide; posterolophid attached to the rest of the tooth by a narrow isthmus; presence of isolated pillars in the hypoflexid; enamel band irregular in thickness with bulbous portions; presence of longitudinal crests in the enamel–dentine junction.