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Schistomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Eocardiidae

Taxonomy
Schistomys was named by Ameghino (1887). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Eocardidae by Ameghino (1891) and Ameghino (1894); to Eocardiinae by Wood and Patterson (1959); and to Eocardiidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
S. crassus, S. ellipticus, S. erro
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. rollinsii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Schistomys Ameghino
1891Schistomys Ameghino p. 17
1894Schistomys Ameghino p. 75
1959Schistomys Wood and Patterson
1997Schistomys McKenna and Bell

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—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)
superfamilyCavioideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyEocardiidae
subfamilyEocardiinae
genusSchistomysAmeghino 1887

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. †Schistomys Ameghino 1887
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†Schistomys crassus Ameghino 1891
†Schistomys ellipticus Ameghino 1891
†Schistomys erro Ameghino 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Aisén) S. erro (71843)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) S. erro (176593 210637) S. rollinsii (210153)