Gyldenstolpia fronto

Gyldenstolpia fronto

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Muroidea 

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
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: 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: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: Sigmodontinae
Tribus: Akodontini
Genus: Gyldenstolpia
Species: Gyldenstolpia fronto
Subspecies: G. f. chacoensis – †G. f. fronto

Name edit

  • Gyldenstolpia fronto (Winge, 1888)

Holotype: ZMUC s/n, anterior skull fragment (including right M1-M3 and left M1).

Type locality: “Lapa da Escrivania [= Lapa da Escrivânia] Nr. 5,” a cavechamber excavated by Peter W. Lund near Lagoa Santa, Minas Gerais, Brazil. The exact location of this cave is unknown, but was probably not far from the city of Lagoa Santa, 20 km N Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais.

Combinations edit

  • Scapteromys fronto Winge, 1888: 44 [original combination]
  • Kunsia fronto: Hershkovitz, 1966: 116 [name combination]
  • Gyldenstolpia fronto: Pardiñas, D’Elía & Teta, 2009: 554 [name combination]

References edit

Primary references edit

  • Winge, H. 1888. Jordfunde og nulevende Gnavere (Rodentia) fra Lagoa Santa, Minas Geraes, Brasilien: med udsigt over gnavernes indbyrdes slaegtskab. E Museo Lundii Band 1(3). F. Dreyer: Kjöbenhavn. 178 pp. + 8 pls. BHL Reference page
  • Hershkovitz, P. 1966. South American swamp and fossorial rats of the scapteromyine group (Cricetinae, Muridae), with comments on the glans penis in murid taxonomy. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde 31: 81–149.
  • Pardiñas, U.F.J., D’Elía, G. & Teta, P. 2009. Una introducción a los mayores sigmodontinos vivientes: revisión de Kunsia Hershkovitz, 1966 y descripción de un nuevo género Rodentia: Cricetidae). Arquivos do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro 66: 509–594.

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Vernacular names edit

English: Fossorial Giant Rat
português: Rato-do-mato