| Caviodon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Caviidae |
| Genus: | †
Caviodon Ameghino, 1885 |
Caviodon is an extinct genus of Late Miocene to Late Pliocene ( Chapadmalalan to Montehermosan in the SALMA classification) rodents, related to the modern capybara. Fossils of Caviodon have been found in Argentina, Venezuela, and Brazil. [1] [2]
Known species include: [1]
- †C. andalhualensis Perez et al. 2018
- †C. australis Ameghino 1888
- †C. cuyano Vucetitch et al. 2011 [3]
- †C. multiplicatus Ameghino 1885
- †C. pozzii Kraglievich 1927
- ^ a b Caviodon at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Kerber, L.; Negri, F.R.; et al. (June 2016). "Tropical fossil caviomorph rodents from the southwestern Brazilian Amazonia in the context of the South American faunas: systematics, biochronology, and paleobiogeography". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 24: 57–70. doi: 10.1007/s10914-016-9340-2.
- ^ María Guiomar Vucetich; Cecilia M. Deschamps; Cecilia C. Morgan; Analía M. Forasiepi (2011). "A new species of Cardiomyinae (Rodentia, Hydrochoeridae) from western Argentina. Its age and considerations on ontogeny and diversity of the subfamily". Ameghiniana. 48 (4): 556–567. doi: 10.5710/AMGH.v48i4(459). hdl: 11336/98359. S2CID 130118821.
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- Cavies
- Miocene rodents
- Pliocene rodents
- Miocene mammals of South America
- Pliocene mammals of South America
- Montehermosan
- Chapadmalalan
- Neogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Ituzaingó Formation
- Neogene Venezuela
- Fossils of Venezuela
- Fossil taxa described in 1885
- Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
- Prehistoric rodent stubs
| Caviodon | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Caviidae |
| Genus: | †
Caviodon Ameghino, 1885 |
Caviodon is an extinct genus of Late Miocene to Late Pliocene ( Chapadmalalan to Montehermosan in the SALMA classification) rodents, related to the modern capybara. Fossils of Caviodon have been found in Argentina, Venezuela, and Brazil. [1] [2]
Known species include: [1]
- †C. andalhualensis Perez et al. 2018
- †C. australis Ameghino 1888
- †C. cuyano Vucetitch et al. 2011 [3]
- †C. multiplicatus Ameghino 1885
- †C. pozzii Kraglievich 1927
- ^ a b Caviodon at Fossilworks.org
- ^ Kerber, L.; Negri, F.R.; et al. (June 2016). "Tropical fossil caviomorph rodents from the southwestern Brazilian Amazonia in the context of the South American faunas: systematics, biochronology, and paleobiogeography". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 24: 57–70. doi: 10.1007/s10914-016-9340-2.
- ^ María Guiomar Vucetich; Cecilia M. Deschamps; Cecilia C. Morgan; Analía M. Forasiepi (2011). "A new species of Cardiomyinae (Rodentia, Hydrochoeridae) from western Argentina. Its age and considerations on ontogeny and diversity of the subfamily". Ameghiniana. 48 (4): 556–567. doi: 10.5710/AMGH.v48i4(459). hdl: 11336/98359. S2CID 130118821.
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| This article about a prehistoric rodent is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Cavies
- Miocene rodents
- Pliocene rodents
- Miocene mammals of South America
- Pliocene mammals of South America
- Montehermosan
- Chapadmalalan
- Neogene Argentina
- Fossils of Argentina
- Ituzaingó Formation
- Neogene Venezuela
- Fossils of Venezuela
- Fossil taxa described in 1885
- Taxa named by Florentino Ameghino
- Prehistoric rodent stubs