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Caenolestoidea

Mammalia - Paucituberculata

Taxonomy
Caenolestoidea was named as a suborder. It is extant.

It was reranked as the suborder Caenolestoidea by Simpson et al. (1962), Patterson and Marshall (1978), Marshall (1980) and Marshall (1982); it was reranked as the superfamily Caenolestoidea by Goin et al. (2009).

It was assigned to Marsupialia by Simpson et al. (1962), Patterson and Marshall (1978), Marshall (1980) and Marshall (1982); to Marsupialia by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Flynn et al. (2002); to Ameridelphia by Goin et al. (2006); and to Paucituberculata by Goin et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Caenolestoidea Simpson et al.
1978Caenolestoidea Patterson and Marshall
1980Caenolestoidea Marshall
1982Caenolestoidea Marshall
1997Caenolestoidea McKenna and Bell
2002Caenolestoidea Flynn et al. p. 292
2006Caenolestoidea Goin et al.
2009Caenolestoidea Goin 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
RankNameAuthor
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
orderPaucituberculataAmeghino 1894
superfamilyCaenolestoidea
superfamilyCaenolestoidea

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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Fm. Caenolestidae Trouessart 1898
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G. Caenolestes Thomas 1895 [common shrew opossum]
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Caenolestes condorensis Albuja Viteri and Patterson 1996
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Invalid names: Caenolestes obscurus Thomas 1895 [synonym]
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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G. †Pseudhalmarhiphus Ameghino 1903
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Invalid names: Garzonidae Ameghino 1891 [invalid subgroup], Pichipilini Marshall 1980 [empty]
G. †Caenolestoides Abello et al. 2021
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Caenolestoides miocaenicus Abello et al. 2021
G. †Eomannodon Ameghino 1902
G. †Gaimanlestes Abello et al. 2021
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Gaimanlestes pascuali Abello et al. 2021
G. †Perulestes Goin and Candela 2004
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Perulestes cardichi Goin and Candela 2004
Perulestes fraileyi Goin and Candela 2004
G. †Pliolestes Reig 1955
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Pliolestes venetus Goin et al. 2000
G. †Progarzonia Ameghino 1904
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Progarzonia notostylopense Ameghino 1904
G. Rhyncholestes Osgood 1924
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Rhyncholestes raphanurus Osgood 1924 [Long-nosed caenolestid]
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]
G. Lestoros Trousseart 1898
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Lestoros inca Thomas 1917 [Incan caenolestid]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Chubut) Progarzonia notostylopense (13779)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1Peru (Loreto) Perulestes sp. 1, Perulestes sp. 2 (144474)
Tinguirirican36.0 - 29.0Argentina (Chubut) Pilchenia antiqua (176200)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Peru (Departamento de Ucayali) Perulestes cardichi, Perulestes fraileyi (149523)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Argentina (Chubut) Pilchenia intermedia (176201)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Peru Perulestes sp. (199562)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Peru (Loreto) Perulestes sp. (176129)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) Halmarhiphus guaraniticus (176647) Pilchenia lucina, Palaeothentes lucina (14211)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Peru (Loreto) Caenolestidae indet. (176147)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Peru Caenolestidae indet. (176149)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) Gaimanlestes pascuali (27311) Stilotherium parvum, Caenolestoides miocaenicus (141368)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Garzonia captiva, Stilotherium dissimile (176594) Pichipilus exilis, Garzonia typica, Garzonia minima, Garzonia annectens, Halmarhiphus nanus, Stilotherium dissimile (176570) Stilotherium dissimile (176565)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Argentina (Chubut) Caenolestidae indet. (215594)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Neuquén) Stilotherium dissimile (141175)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Bolivia (Tarija) Caenolestidae indet. (38071)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) Pliolestes venetus (140925 151498 152066)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Pliolestes tripotamicus (191777)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Pliolestes tripotamicus (191776)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Pliolestes tripotamicus (140635)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Bolivia (La Paz) Caenolestidae indet. (70641)