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Taxonomy
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1832 | Galea Meyen |
1833 | Galea Meyen |
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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.
G. Galea Meyen 1832
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†Galea leucoblephara Burmeister 1861
Galea musteloides Meyen 1832 [common yellow-toothed cavy]
Galea spixii Wagler 1851
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Huayquerian to the top of the Holocene or 8.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.0 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.0 Ma
Collections (28 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Huayquerian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | G. sp. (198862) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Piauí) | G. sp. (211633) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Sergipe) | G. spixii (113472) | |
Ensenadan - Lujanian | Argentina (Corrientes) | G. sp. (71288) | |
Lujanian | Argentina (Corrientes) | G. sp. (71290) | |
Lujanian | Uruguay | G. sp. (71325) | |
Lujanian | Argentina (Cordoba) | G. sp. (197918) | |
Lujanian | Peru (Puno) | G. musteloides (145248) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | G. sp. (63335) | |
Rancholabrean | Mexico (Sonora) | G. leucoblephara (213027) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Uruguay | G. ortodonta (211646) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | G. sp. (71316 71330) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Tucuman) | G. musteloides (141182) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Catamarca) | G. leucoblephara (216692) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piaui) | G. sp. (71331 71335) G. spixii (71332 71334) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Argentina (Mendoza) | G. leucoblephara (71311) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial) | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | G. sp. (137181) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Argentina (Tucuman) | G. leucoblephara (216696) | |
Holocene | Argentina (La Pampa) | G. leucoblephara (212470) | |
Holocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | G. musteloides (70705) | |
Holocene | Argentina (Mendoza) | G. leucoblephara (212466 212467) | |
Holocene | Bolivia | G. musteloides (71324) | |
Holocene | Brazil (Pernambuco) | G. sp. (211631) |