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Contracavia ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4829584https://www.gbif.org/species/4829584
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)131378https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=131378
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Hydrochoeridae : Contracavia
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
-Glires
orderRodentia
suborderHystricomorpha
infraorderHystricognathi
-Caviomorpha
superfamilyCavioideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyHydrochoeridaeGill 1872
genusContracaviaBurmeister 1885
Scientific NameContracavia Burmeister, 1885
Name Published InAn. Mus. Buenos Aires, 3
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Contracaviagenusbelongs to Hydrochoeridaestated with evidencePrado et al., 1998
Contracaviagenussubjective synonym of Cardiatheriumstated without evidenceVucetich et al., 2014
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance9.00 - 6.80 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance9.00 - 6.80 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgrazer (based on Hydrochoeridae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)G. Burmeister. 1885. Examen critico de los mamiferos y reptiles fosiles denominados por D. Augusto Bravard y mencionados en su obra precedente. Annales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 3:93-174

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Contracavia matercula
species		accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Contracavia minuta ✝
species		listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1885Contracavia Burmeister p. 158
1998Contracavia Prado et al. p. 795

References

Burmeister G. Examen critico de los mamiferos y reptiles fosiles denominados por D. Augusto Bravard y mencionados en su obra precedente, Annales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 3, 93-174
Prado J. L., Cerdeño E., et al (1998) The giant rodent Chapalmatherium from the Pliocene of Argentina: new remains and taxonomic remarks on the family Hydrochoeridae, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18 4, 788-798
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
An. Mus. Buenos Aires, 3 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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