The rodents of the Deseadan Oligocene of Patagonia and the beginnings of South American rodent evolution

A. E. Wood, and B. Patterson

1959

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Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 120:279-428

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Chubutomys
• Chubutomys simpsoni
• Deseadomys
• Deseadomys arambourgi
• Deseadomys loomisi
• Eocardiinae
• Erethizontinae
• Litodontomys chubutensis
• Luantinae
• Protosteiromys
• Protosteiromys asmodeophilus
• Scotamys antiquus

Taxonomy:

• Litodontomys chubutensis belongs to Litodontomys - Loomis (1914)
• Protosteiromys asmodeophilus belongs to Protosteiromys - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Platypittamys belongs to Octodontidae - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Protosteiromys medianus belongs to Protosteiromys - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Protosteiromys belongs to Erethizontinae - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Erethizontinae belongs to Erethizontidae - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Erethizontoidea belongs to Caviomorpha - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Chubutomys simpsoni belongs to Chubutomys - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Asteromys punctus belongs to Asteromys - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Schistomys belongs to Eocardiinae - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Eocardia belongs to Eocardiinae - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Eocardiinae belongs to Eocardiidae - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Asteromys belongs to Luantinae - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Luantinae belongs to Eocardiidae - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Eocardiidae belongs to Cavioidea - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Asteromys annectens belongs to Cephalomys plexus - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Asteromys prospicuus belongs to Cephalomys plexus - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Cephalomys prorsus belongs to Cephalomys plexus - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Cephalomys plexus belongs to Cephalomys - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Orchiomys prostans belongs to Cephalomys arcidens - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Cephalomys arcidens belongs to Cephalomys - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Orchiomys belongs to Cephalomys - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Scotamys antiquus belongs to Scotamys - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Scotamys belongs to Chinchillidae - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Deseadomys arambourgi belongs to Deseadomys - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Deseadomys belongs to Echimyidae - Wood and Patterson (1959)
• Platypittamys brachyodon belongs to Platypittamys - Wood and Patterson (1959)