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Octodontidae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Octodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Octodontidae Waterhouse
1883Octodontidae Flower p. 185
1891Octodontidae Flower and Lydekker p. 91
1898Octodontidae Gadow p. 43
1902Octodontidae Ameghino
1911Octodontidae Jaekel p. 222
1958Octodontidae Wood p. 172
1959Octodontidae Wood and Patterson
1982Octodontidae Patterson and Wood
1988Octodontidae Carroll
1991Octodontidae Nowak
1999Octodontidae Nowak
2001Octodontidae Huchon and Douzery p. 246
2005Octodontidae Wilson and Reeder
2015Octodontidae Arnal and Vucetich
2015Octodontidae Upham and Patterson

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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
familyOctodontidaeWaterhouse 1839
familyOctodontidaeWaterhouse 1839

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. †Massoiamys Vucetich 1978
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Massoiamys obliquus Vucetich 1978
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. †Abalosia Reig and Quintana 1991
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Abalosia castellanosi Rusconi 1933
G. Octodon Bennett 1823 [degu]
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Octodon degus Molina 1782 [degu]
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]
G. Octodontomys Palmer 1903
G. Octomys Thomas 1920 [viscacha rat]
G. †Palaeoctodon Rovereto 1914
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Palaeoctodon simplicidens Rovereto 1914
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 cordubensis Ameghino 1889
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 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