Biostratigraphy and correlation of the Monte Hermoso Formation (early Pliocene, Argentina): The evidence from caviomorph rodents

C. M. Deschamps, M. G. Vucetich, D. H. Verzi, and A. I. Olivares

2012

Article

Journal of South American Earth Sciences 35(0):1-9

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Actenomys priscus
• Eucelophorus
• Eumysops chapalmalensis
• Eumysops formosus
• Eumysops gracilis
• Eumysops laeviplicatus
• Phtoramys homogenidens
• Phugatherium cataclisticum
• Phugatherium novum
• Pithanotomys chapalmalensis
• Pithanotomys columnaris
• Pithanotomys macer
• Pseudoplataeomys formosus

Taxonomy:

• Actenomys priscus belongs to Actenomys - Owen (1840)
• Phtoramys homogenidens belongs to Phtoramys - Ameghino (1887)
• Pithanotomys columnaris belongs to Pithanotomys - Ameghino (1887)
• Phugatherium cataclisticum belongs to Phugatherium - Ameghino (1887)
• Eumysops laeviplicatus belongs to Eumysops - Ameghino (1888)
• Pithanotomys macer belongs to Pithanotomys - Ameghino (1888)
• Eumysops formosus belongs to Eumysops - Ameghino (1906)
• Eumysops chapalmalensis belongs to Eumysops - Ameghino (1908)
• Eumysops gracilis belongs to Eumysops - Ameghino (1908)
• Pseudoplataeomys formosus belongs to Pseudoplataeomys - Kraglievich (1934)
• Paramyocastor diligens belongs to Paramyocastor - Deschamps et al. (2012)
• Phtoramys belongs to Octodontidae - Deschamps et al. (2012)
• Pseudoplataeomys belongs to Octodontidae - Deschamps et al. (2012)
• Pithanotomys belongs to Octodontidae - Deschamps et al. (2012)
• Pithanotomys chapalmalensis belongs to Pithanotomys - Deschamps et al. (2012)
• Eucelophorus belongs to Ctenomyidae - Deschamps et al. (2012)