| Source Data | |
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| Rank | species |
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Hydrochoeridae : Phugatherium : Phugatherium cataclisticum |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Hydrochoeridae : Phugatherium : Phugatherium cataclisticum |
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| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification
(PBDB,GBIF) | |
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| Generic Name | Phugatherium |
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| Scientific Name | Phugatherium cataclisticum Ameghino, 1887 |
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Phugatherium cataclisticum | species | belongs to Phugatherium | stated with evidence | Ameghino, 1887 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | grazer (based on Hydrochoeridae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. M. Deschamps, M. G. Vucetich, and D. H. Verzi, A. I. Olivares. 2012. Biostratigraphy and correlation of the Monte Hermoso Formation (early Pliocene, Argentina): The evidence from caviomorph rodents. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 35:1-9 |
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| Deschamps C. M., Vucetich M. G., et al (2012) Biostratigraphy and correlation of the Monte Hermoso Formation (early Pliocene, Argentina): The evidence from caviomorph rodents, Journal of South American Earth Sciences 35, 1-9 |
| Moreno F. P. Informe preliminar de los progresos del Museo La Plata, durante el primer semestre de 1888, Boletim del Museo de La Plata II, 1-35 |
| 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 |
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