Hexolobodon phenax

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Octodontoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Hystricomorpha
Infraordo: Hystricognathi
Parvordo: Caviomorpha
Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Familia: Capromyidae
Subfamilia: †Hexolobodontinae
Genus: †Hexolobodon
Species: †Hexolobodon phenax

Name

Holotype: USNM 253118, palate with complete dentition of immature individual (M3 with only anterior half of crown flatly worn).

Type locality: “small cave near St. Michel [=St. Michel de l'Atalaye]”, Dept. de l’Artibonite, Haiti.

Synonyms

  • †Hexolobodon poolei Rímoli, 1976: 21 [synonymized by Woods (1993: 803)]

Holotype: USNM 255881, near complete cranium, with molar series complete and upper portion of left incisor.

Type locality: “Cueva Grande [=Large Cave], St. Michel, Haití.”

References

Primary references

  • Miller, G.S. 1929. A second collection of mammals from caves near St. Michel, Haiti. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 81: 1–30, 10 plates. BHL
  • Rímoli, R.O. 1976. Roedores fosiles de la Hispaniola. Serie Científica Volume III. Universidad Central del Este: San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic. 93 pp. ISBN 978-84-8402-024-0
  • Woods, C.A. 1993. Suborder Hystricognathi. Pp. 771–806 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 2rd edition. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington, D.C. ISBN 9781560982173. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Imposter Hutia
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