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Pliolestes
Taxonomy
Pliolestes was named by Reig (1955). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Caenolestinae by Pascual and Herrera (1973); to Pichipilini by Marshall (1980); and to Caenolestidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Goin et al. (2009), Abello et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Caenolestinae by Pascual and Herrera (1973); to Pichipilini by Marshall (1980); and to Caenolestidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Goin et al. (2009), Abello et al. (2021).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1955 | Pliolestes Reig |
| 1973 | Pliolestes Pascual and Herrera p. 37 |
| 1980 | Pliolestes Marshall |
| 1997 | Pliolestes McKenna and Bell |
| 2009 | Pliolestes Goin et al. |
| 2021 | Pliolestes Abello et al. |
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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. †Pliolestes Reig 1955
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†Pliolestes tripotamicus Reig 1955
†Pliolestes venetus Goin et al. 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Mandible at m1 height | 1 | 3.20 | |||||
| Mandible at p3 height | 1 | 2.66 |
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Montehermosan or 5.33300 to 3.80000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huayquerian | Argentina (La Pampa) | P. venetus (140925 151498 152066) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | P. tripotamicus (191777) | |
| Zanclean | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | P. tripotamicus (191776) | |
| Montehermosan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | P. tripotamicus (140635) |