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Eocardiidae
Taxonomy
Eocardiidae was named by Ameghino (1891). Its type is Eocardiinae.
It was corrected as Eocardidae by Ameghino (1891), Gadow (1898); it was reranked as the subfamily Eocardinae by Ameghino (1904); it was misspelled as Eocardidae by Ameghino (1894), Wood (1958), Wood and Patterson (1959), Carroll (1988), Kramarz et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Rodentia by Ameghino (1891); to Hystricomorpha by Ameghino (1894); to Hystricomorpha by Gadow (1898); to Caviidae by Ameghino (1904); to Cavioidea by Wood (1958), Wood and Patterson (1959), Carroll (1988); and to Hystricognathi by Kramarz et al. (2010).
It was corrected as Eocardidae by Ameghino (1891), Gadow (1898); it was reranked as the subfamily Eocardinae by Ameghino (1904); it was misspelled as Eocardidae by Ameghino (1894), Wood (1958), Wood and Patterson (1959), Carroll (1988), Kramarz et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Rodentia by Ameghino (1891); to Hystricomorpha by Ameghino (1894); to Hystricomorpha by Gadow (1898); to Caviidae by Ameghino (1904); to Cavioidea by Wood (1958), Wood and Patterson (1959), Carroll (1988); and to Hystricognathi by Kramarz et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Dicardia, Eocardiinae (type subfamily), Eoprocardia (syn. Procardia), Hedimys, Luantinae, Matiamys, Megastus, Phanomys, Tricardia
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1891 | Eocardidae Ameghino p. 16 |
| 1891 | Eocardiidae Ameghino p. 16 |
| 1894 | Eocardidae Ameghino p. 73 |
| 1898 | Eocardidae Gadow p. 43 |
| 1904 | Eocardinae Ameghino p. 106 |
| 1958 | Eocardiidae Wood p. 172 |
| 1959 | Eocardiidae Wood and Patterson |
| 1988 | Eocardiidae Carroll |
| 2010 | Eocardiidae Kramarz et al. |
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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. †Eocardiidae Ameghino 1891
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Subfm. †Eocardiinae Wood and Patterson 1959
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G. †Schistomys Ameghino 1887
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†Schistomys crassus Ameghino 1891
†Schistomys ellipticus Ameghino 1891
†Schistomys erro Ameghino 1887
G. †Eoprocardia Trouessart 1904
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†Eoprocardia elliptica Ameghino 1891
Invalid names: Procardia Ameghino 1891 [replaced]
G. †Tricardia Ameghino 1891
Invalid names: Luantinae Wood and Patterson 1959 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available