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Telicomys amazonensis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Dinomyidae

Taxonomy
Telicomys amazonensis was named by Frailey (1986). Its type specimen is LACM 117523, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACM 4418, which is in a Miocene fluvial-lacustrine mudstone in the Solimões Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Telicomys amazonensis Frailey p. 26 figs. Figs. 23-25

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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)
superfamilyChinchilloideaBennett 1833
familyDinomyidaePeters 1873
genusTelicomys
speciesamazonensis

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.

†Telicomys amazonensis Frailey 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:32:01
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Tortonian or 11.60800 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Telicomys amazonensis (55602)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Brazil Telicomys amazonensis (57989)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Brazil (Acre) Telicomys amazonensis (type locality: 145364)