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Actenomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenomyidae

Taxonomy
Actenomys was named by Burmeister (1888). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ctenomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Ctenomyinae by Fernández et al. (2000) and Verzi et al. (2014).

Sister genera
Dicoelophorus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Dicoelophorus Ameghino
1888Actenomys Burmeister
1914Dicoelophorus Rovereto p. 136
1997Actenomys McKenna and Bell
2000Actenomys Fernández et al. p. 87
2014Actenomys Verzi 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
familyCtenomyidaeLesson 1842
genusActenomysBurmeister 1888

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. †Actenomys Burmeister 1888
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Actenomys priscus Owen 1840
Invalid names: Dicoelophorus Ameghino 1888 [nomen oblitum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available