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Cardiatherium
Taxonomy
Cardiatherium was named by Ameghino (1883). Its type is Cardiatherium doeringi.
It was assigned to Cavina by Ameghino (1885); to Caviidae by Rovereto (1914); and to Hydrochoeridae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Prado et al. (1998) and Candela et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Cavina by Ameghino (1885); to Caviidae by Rovereto (1914); and to Hydrochoeridae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Prado et al. (1998) and Candela et al. (2012).
Species
Anchimys leidyi, C. calingastaense, C. chasicoense, C. dubium, C. isseli, C. lynchii, C. magnum, C. paranense (syn. C. doeringi, C. denticulatum, Anchimys marshi, Procardiatherium simplicidens, Procardiatherium crassum, C. petrosum), C. patagonicum, C. rosendoi, C. rothi, C. talicei, Cardiodon marshii, Cardiotherium isseli, Eucardiodon affinis, Kiyutherium denticulatum, Kiyutherium orientalis, Kiyutherium rosendoi, Kiyutherium scillatoyanei, Plexochoerus adluis, Plexochoerus paranensis, Plexochoerus puelchensis, Procardiatherium chasicoense, Procardiatherium matercula, Procardiatherium octolaminatus, Procardiatherium rosendoi, Procardiatherium septemlaminatus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1883 | Cardiatherium Ameghino p. 68 |
| 1885 | Cardiatherium Ameghino p. 42 |
| 1885 | Procardiatherium Ameghino p. 53 |
| 1885 | Cardiodon Ameghino p. 59 |
| 1886 | Anchimys Ameghino |
| 1886 | Plexochoerus Ameghino |
| 1891 | Eucardiodon Ameghino |
| 1914 | Cardiotherium Rovereto p. 33 |
| 1965 | Kiyutherium Francis and Mones |
| 1979 | Eucardiodon Mones and Castiglioni p. 81 |
| 1997 | Cardiatherium McKenna and Bell |
| 1997 | Kiyutherium McKenna and Bell |
| 1997 | Procardiatherium McKenna and Bell |
| 1998 | Anchimys Prado et al. p. 796 |
| 1998 | Cardiatherium Prado et al. p. 796 |
| 1998 | Kiyutherium Prado et al. p. 796 |
| 1998 | Procardiatherium Prado et al. p. 796 |
| 2000 | Plexochoerus Cione et al. |
| 2012 | Cardiatherium Candela et al. p. 518 |
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G. †Cardiatherium Ameghino 1883
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†Cardiatherium calingastaense Cerdeño et al. 2019
†Cardiatherium chasicoense Pascual and Bondesio 1968
†Cardiatherium dubium Pascual and Bondesio 1968
†Cardiatherium isseli Rovereto 1914
†Cardiatherium lynchii Ameghino 1889
†Cardiatherium magnum Kraglievich 1940
†Cardiatherium paranense Ameghino 1883
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Invalid names: Anchimys marshi Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Cardiatherium denticulatum Ameghino 1885 [synonym], Cardiatherium doeringi Ameghino 1883 [synonym], Cardiatherium petrosum Ameghino 1885 [synonym], Procardiatherium crassum Ameghino 1885 [synonym], Procardiatherium simplicidens Ameghino 1885 [synonym]
†Cardiatherium patagonicum Vucetich et al. 2005
†Cardiatherium rosendoi Bondesio 1985
†Cardiatherium rothi Kraglievich 1945
†Cardiatherium talicei Francis and Jones 1965
†Cardiotherium isseli Rovereto 1914
Invalid names: Anchimys Ameghino 1886 [synonym], Kiyutherium Francis and Mones 1965 [synonym], Plexochoerus Ameghino 1886 [synonym], Procardiatherium Ameghino 1885 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Chapadmalalan or 13.82000 to 3.00000 Ma
Collections (31 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Serravallian | Uruguay (San Jose) | C. orientalis, C. talicei (206212) | |
| Serravallian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | C. sp. (199484) | |
| Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | C. orientalis, C. sp. (55602) | |
| Tortonian | Argentina (Chubut) | C. patagonicum (122031 122079) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil (Acre) | C. sp. (136714) Kiyutherium orientalis (134808) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | Kiyutherium indet. (146450) Kiyutherium sp. (146451) | |
| Chasicoan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | C. chasicoense (168397) C. dubium, Procardiatherium chasicoense (206218) Procardiatherium sp. (79180) | |
| Chasicoan | Argentina (San Juan) | C. chasicoense (167887) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Chubut) | Kiyutherium sp. (205959) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (La Pampa) | C. orientalis (151498 204361) Kiyutherium orientalis (13778) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Mendoza) | C. paranense (231327) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Rio Negro) | C. isseli, Kiyutherium orientalis (206561) C. patagonicum (206216) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | C. paranense (140471) C. sp., Kiyutherium sp., Procardiatherium sp., Anchimys sp., Plexochoerus sp., C. paranense (55600) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Catamarca) | C. rosendoi (198548) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (San Juan) | C. calingastaense (198513) | |
| Huayquerian - Montehermosan | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Cardiotheriinae indet. (206232) | |
| Huayquerian - Montehermosan | Argentina (Catamarca) | Procardiatherium rosendoi (203948) | |
| Huayquerian - Montehermosan | Argentina (Cordoba) | Cardiatheriinae indet. (140630) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Córdoba) | C. talicei (202212) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Eucardiodon sp. (213136) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Mendoza) | C. paranense (206214) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela (Falcon) | C. sp. (122033) |