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Paulacoutomys

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Paulacoutomys was named by Vucetich et al. (1993). Its type is Paulacoutomys paulista.

It was assigned to Echimyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Octodontoidea by Arnal and Vucetich (2015) and Marivaux et al. (2017).

Species
P. paulista (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Paulacoutomys Vucetich et al.
1997Paulacoutomys McKenna and Bell
2015Paulacoutomys Arnal and Vucetich
2017Paulacoutomys Marivaux 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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
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)
superfamilyOctodontoideaWaterhouse 1839
genusPaulacoutomysVucetich et al. 1993

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. †Paulacoutomys Vucetich et al. 1993
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Paulacoutomys paulista Vucetich et al. 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available