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Octodontidae
Taxonomy
Octodontidae was named by Waterhouse (1839). It is extant.
It was assigned to Simplicidentata by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Hystricomorpha by Gadow (1898); to Hystricognathi by Jaekel (1911); to Rodentia by Ameghino (1902), Nowak (1991); to Hystricognathi by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Octodontoidea by Wood (1958), Wood and Patterson (1959), Patterson and Wood (1982), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1999), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Upham and Patterson (2015), Arnal and Vucetich (2015).
It was assigned to Simplicidentata by Flower (1883), Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Hystricomorpha by Gadow (1898); to Hystricognathi by Jaekel (1911); to Rodentia by Ameghino (1902), Nowak (1991); to Hystricognathi by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Octodontoidea by Wood (1958), Wood and Patterson (1959), Patterson and Wood (1982), Carroll (1988), Nowak (1999), Huchon and Douzery (2001), Upham and Patterson (2015), Arnal and Vucetich (2015).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1839 | Octodontidae Waterhouse |
| 1883 | Octodontidae Flower p. 185 |
| 1891 | Octodontidae Flower and Lydekker p. 91 |
| 1898 | Octodontidae Gadow p. 43 |
| 1902 | Octodontidae Ameghino |
| 1911 | Octodontidae Jaekel p. 222 |
| 1958 | Octodontidae Wood p. 172 |
| 1959 | Octodontidae Wood and Patterson |
| 1982 | Octodontidae Patterson and Wood |
| 1988 | Octodontidae Carroll |
| 1991 | Octodontidae Nowak |
| 1999 | Octodontidae Nowak |
| 2001 | Octodontidae Huchon and Douzery p. 246 |
| 2005 | Octodontidae Wilson and Reeder |
| 2015 | Octodontidae Arnal and Vucetich |
| 2015 | Octodontidae Upham and Patterson |
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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.
Fm. Octodontidae Waterhouse 1839
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G. †Eoctodon Ameghino 1902
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†Eoctodon crassiusculus Ameghino 1904
†Eoctodon securiclatus Ameghino 1902
G. †Eucoelophorus Ameghino 1909
G. †Metacaremys Piñero et al. 2021
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†Metacaremys calfucalel Piñero et al. 2021
†Metacaremys dimi Piñero et al. 2021
†Metacaremys primitiva Piñero et al. 2021
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Invalid names: Cercomys primitiva Pascual 1967 [objective synonym], Chasicomys cangapoli Quintana 1995 [objective synonym]
Subfm. Octodontinae Waterhouse 1839
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G. †Sciamys Ameghino 1887
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†Sciamys petisensis Arnal and Pérez 2013
†Sciamys principalis Ameghino 1887
†Sciamys robustus Ameghino 1894
†Sciamys varians Ameghino 1887
G. Spalacopus Wagler 1832 [coruro]
G. Tympanoctomys Yepes 1942 [plains viscacha rat]
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†Tympanoctomys cordubensis Verzi et al. 2002
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Invalid names: Pithanotomys cordubensis Ameghino 1889 [replaced]
G. Octodontomys Palmer 1903
G. †Phthoramys Ameghino 1887
G. †Phtoramys Ameghino 1887
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†Phtoramys hidalguense Pascual et al. 1965
†Phtoramys homogenidens Ameghino 1887
†Phtoramys pulcher Rovereto 1914
G. †Pithanotomys Ameghino 1887
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†Pithanotomys chapalmalensis Ameghino 1908
†Pithanotomys columnaris Ameghino 1887
†Pithanotomys columnaris mendocina Rovereto 1914
†Pithanotomys intermedius Ameghino 1889
†Pithanotomys macer Ameghino 1888
†Pithanotomys orthorhynchus Ameghino 1908
†Pithanotomys similis Ameghino 1889
†Pithanotomys solisae Candela et al. 2023
G. †Plataeomys Ameghino 1881
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†Plataeomys brevis Rovereto 1914
†Plataeomys elongatus Rovereto 1914
†Plataeomys elongatus mendocina Rovereto 1914
†Plataeomys innominatus Rovereto 1914
†Plataeomys scindens Ameghino 1889
G. †Pseudoplataeomys Kraglievich 1934
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†Pseudoplataeomys formosus Kraglievich 1934
†Pseudoplataeomys innominatus Kraglievich 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available