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Taxonomy
Ucayalimys amahuacencis was named by Arnal et al. (2022) [Diagnosis: Slightly smaller than Ucayalimys crassidens. Upper molars with relatively thinner crests and broader flexi than the type species; more reduced protoloph. Lower molars tetralophodont and with a very thin second crest.
zoobank.org:act: 146C1652-68EC-417E-B4D3-D480257895D7]. Its type specimen is CPI-10014 (originally LACM 144299), a set of teeth (left M1 and M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Rosa (LACM Loc. 6289), which is in a Rupelian terrestrial mudstone/sandstone in the Yahuarango Formation of Peru.
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2022 | Ucayalimys amahuacencis Arnal et al. p. 18 figs. 7T-U |
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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.
†Ucayalimys amahuacencis Arnal et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||