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Eocardia

Mammalia - Rodentia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Eocardia Ameghino
1891Eocardia Ameghino p. 16
1894Eocardia Ameghino p. 73
1959Eocardia Wood and Patterson
1997Eocardia McKenna and Bell
2022Eocardia Vizcaíno et al.

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—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)
superfamilyCavioideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
genusEocardia

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. †Eocardia Ameghino 1887
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Subg. †Eocardia (Dicardia) Ameghino 1891
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†Eocardia (Dicardia) maxima Ameghino 1891
†Eocardia (Dicardia) modica Ameghino 1891
Subg. †Eocardia (Procardia) Ameghino 1891
Subg. †Eocardia (Tricardia) Ameghino 1891
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†Eocardia montana Ameghino 1887
†Eocardia petersoni Scott 1905
†Eocardia robertoi Vucetich 1984
†Eocardia robusta Vucetich 1984
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Invalid names: Eocardia divisa Ameghino 1887 [synonym], Eocardia perforata Ameghino 1887 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 580 gg
Minimum body mass: 580 gg
Body mass estimate: 580 g
Body mass source: publishedg
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-04-14 01:38:44
Modified: 2013-04-13 10:38:44
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Vizcaíno et al. 2010, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Santacrucian to the top of the Langhian or 17.50000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Aisén) E. sp., E. perforata, E. excavata (71843)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Argentina (Santa Cruz) E. montana (197691)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) E. excavala (176600) E. excavata (176599) E. montana (142533 206240) E. montana, E. excavata (176593) E. perforata (176603 176641 206243) E. sp. (176571 176578 210637) E. sp., E. montana (210787) E. sp., E. montana, E. excavata (142529 210638 210786)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (San Juan) E. montana, E. excavata (197900)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Argentina (Río Negro) E. robusta (92113)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Argentina (Chubut) E. robusta (215594 215595)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Neuquén) E. robusta (207559)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Neuquen) E. robertoi (207560)