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Cardiatherium ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4829585	https://www.gbif.org/species/4829585
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	42126	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=42126

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Hydrochoeridae : Cardiatherium

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
-	Glires
order	Rodentia
suborder	Hystricomorpha
infraorder	Hystricognathi
-	Caviomorpha
superfamily	Cavioidea	Fischer de Waldheim 1817
family	Hydrochoeridae	Gill 1872
genus	Cardiatherium	Ameghino 1883

Scientific Name

Cardiatherium Ameghino, 1883

Name Published In

Bol. Acad. Córdoba, 5

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cardiatherium	genus	belongs to Cavina	stated without evidence	Ameghino, 1885
Cardiatherium	genus	belongs to Hydrochoeridae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Cardiatherium	genus	belongs to Hydrochoeridae	stated with evidence	Prado et al., 1998
Cardiatherium	genus	belongs to Hydrochoeridae	stated without evidence	Candela et al., 2012

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 9.0 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

2.59 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

grazer (based on Hydrochoeridae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. Ameghino. 1883. Sobre una nueva colección de mamíferos fósiles recogidos por el Profesor Scalabrini en Las Barrancas del Paraña [On a collection of fossil mammals collected by Professor Scalabrini in Las Barrancas of Paraña]. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 5(3):55-104

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Anchimys leidyi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cardiatherium calingastaense ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	9.00 Ma Miocene	9.00 Ma Miocene
Cardiatherium chasicoense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	11.6 Ma Miocene	10.00 Ma Miocene
Cardiatherium dubium ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Cardiatherium isseli ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	9.00 Ma Miocene	9.00 Ma Miocene
Cardiatherium lynchii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cardiatherium magnum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cardiatherium minutum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardiatherium paranense ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	9.00 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Cardiatherium patagonicum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	16.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Cardiatherium rosendoi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	9.00 Ma Miocene	9.00 Ma Miocene
Cardiatherium rothi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cardiatherium talicei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	9.00 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Cardiodon leidyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cardiodon marshii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Eucardiodon affinis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Hydrochoerus paranensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Kiyutherium denticulatum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Kiyutherium orientalis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	9.00 Ma Miocene	9.00 Ma Miocene
Kiyutherium rosendoi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Kiyutherium scillatoyanei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	9.00 Ma Miocene	9.00 Ma Miocene
Plexochoerus adluis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Plexochoerus lynchii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Plexochoerus paranensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Plexochoerus puelchensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Procardiatherium chasicoense ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Procardiatherium matercula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Procardiatherium octolaminatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Procardiatherium rosendoi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	9.00 Ma Miocene	9.00 Ma Miocene
Procardiatherium septemlaminatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Cardiotherium Ameghino, 1889	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Hydrochoeridae : *Cardiotherium*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
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
1965	Kiyutherium Francis and Mones
1979	Eucardiodon Mones and Castiglioni p. 81

Year	Name and Author
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

References

Ameghino F. Sobre una nueva colección de mamíferos fósiles recogidos por el Profesor Scalabrini en Las Barrancas del Paraña [On a collection of fossil mammals collected by Professor Scalabrini in Las Barrancas of Paraña], Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 5 3, 55-104

Ameghino F. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles Oligocenos recogidos por el Profesor Pedro Scalabrini y pertenecientes al Museo Provincial de la ciudad del Parana [New remains of Oligocene fossil mammals collected by Professor Pedro Scalabrini and belonging to the Provincial Museum of the city of Parana], Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 8, 1-205

Mones A., Castiglioni L. R. (1979) Additions to the knowledge on fossil rodents of Uruguay (Mammalia: Rodentia), Palaontologische Zeitschrift 53, 77-87

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

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

Cione A. L., Azpelicueta M. M., et al (2000) Miocene vertebrates from Entre Rios province, eastern Argentina, Serie Correlacion Geologica 14, 191-237

Candela A. M., Bonini R. A., et al (2012) First continental vertebrates from the marine Parana ́ Formation (Late Miocene, Mesopotamia, Argentina): Chronology, biogeography, and paleoenvironments, Geobios 45, 515-526 doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2012.05.003

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

Bol. Acad. Córdoba, 5 - 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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