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A new capybara from the late Miocene of San Juan Province, Argentina, and its phylogenetic implications
- Source :
- CONICET Digital (CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, instacron:CONICET, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Vol 64, Iss 1, Pp 199-212 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Polish Academy of Sciences. Institute of Paleobiology, 2019.
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Abstract
- A new hydrochoerine rodent, Cardiatherium calingastaense sp. nov. (Caviidae), is described based on the specimen INGEO-PV 87. It was recovered from the late Miocene Las Flores Formation, cropping out at the Puchuzum locality, San Juan Province, Argentina. The new species is based on a particular combination of characters, among which the following can be highlighted: p4 with internal fissures equally deep as in Cardiatherium paranense, secondary external fissure as in Cardiatherium patagonicum, and lacking the fifth internal fissure and supernumerary internal fissure, as in C. paranense; m3 with a conspicuous labial column in the posterior ramus of the second prism; very deep primary and secondary external fissures in upper cheek teeth, the former producing a labial strong step-shaped profile in M2; sagittal crest on the parietals; bullae small in ventral view; scars of the origin of the masseter medialis muscle with an anterior projection up to the level of the incisive foramen and the maxilla-premaxilla suture. The phylogenetic analysis supports the taxonomic proposal of creating a new species of Cardiatherium and shows C. calingastaense sp. nov. as the sister group of the other species of the genus. The lineage leading to the clade Cardiatherium + largest capybaras would have originated at least during the Chasicoan SALMA (early late Miocene). Cardiatherium calingastaense sp. nov. adds to the previous record of Cardiatherium chasicoense and Cardiatherium paranense in the late Miocene of San Juan and Mendoza provinces, respectively, thus increasing the diversity of capybaras in central-west Argentina. Fil: Cerdeño Serrano, Maria Esperanza. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Provincia de Mendoza. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales. Universidad Nacional de Cuyo. Instituto Argentino de Nivología, Glaciología y Ciencias Ambientales; Argentina Fil: Pérez, María Encarnación. Museo Paleontológico Egidio Feruglio; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina Fil: Deschamps, Cecilia Marcela. Universidad Nacional de La Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Museo. División Paleontología Vertebrados; Argentina Fil: Contreras, Victor Hugo. Universidad Nacional de San Juan; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de San Juan. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales. Instituto de Geología "Dr. Emiliano Aparicio"; Argentina
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
010506 paleontology
PHYLOGENY
Argentina
Caviidae
Rodentia
Late Miocene
late Miocene
SYSTEMATICS
phylogeny
010603 evolutionary biology
01 natural sciences
Paleontología
Ciencias de la Tierra y relacionadas con el Medio Ambiente
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Paleontology
lcsh:GN282-286.7
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lcsh:Fossil man. Human paleontology
Cardiatherium
systematics
lcsh:QE701-760
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
ARGENTINA
MAMMALIA
Phylogenetic tree
CAVIIDAE
Geography
lcsh:Paleontology
Mammalia
CARDIATHERIUM
RODENTIA
CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS
MIOCENE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- CONICET Digital (CONICET), Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, instacron:CONICET, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, Vol 64, Iss 1, Pp 199-212 (2019)
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a70316f85a1a3443e432728cb8954901