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Taxonomy
Llitun was named by Vucetich et al. (2015). Its type is Llitun notuca.
It was assigned to Octodontoidea by Arnal and Vucetich (2015); and to Caviomorpha by Vucetich et al. (2015).
It was assigned to Octodontoidea by Arnal and Vucetich (2015); and to Caviomorpha by Vucetich et al. (2015).
Species
L. notuca (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Llitun Arnal and Vucetich |
| 2015 | Llitun Vucetich 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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| M. Vucetich et al. 2015 | Size about 40% smaller and slightly more brachyodont than Migraveramus beatus Patterson and Wood, 1982; normal replacement of premolars; compli- cated p4 with four well-developed crests, plus a short spur from the ectolophid, and a short posterior projection of the metalophulid I and the posterior arm of the metaconid; metalophulid I separated from protoconid by a furrow in juveniles; four well-developed lophids on m1 – m2 and a fifth anterior lophid formed by a posterior projection of the metalophulid I united with a posterior arm of the metaconid, longer than in M. beatus, metalophulid II long and zigzag-shaped; very short mesolophid in m1, absent on m2; m2 smaller than m1, unlike M. beatus; hypoflexid wide especially in m2. Mental foramen anteriorly located with respect to M. beatus. |
Measurements
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||