Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Octodontoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha Infraordo: Hystricognathi Parvordo: Caviomorpha Superfamilia: Octodontoidea

Familia: Echimyidae
Subfamilia: Capromyinae
Tribus: Plagiodontini
Genus: †Rhizoplagiodontia
Species: †Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei

Name

†Rhizoplagiodontia lemkei Woods, 1989: 62

• Holotype: FLMNH 73946, near complete cranium with all teeth in place plus a matched pair of mandible with DP4-M3 in place on both side.
• Type locality: “17 km W of Camp Perrin in Trouing Jérémie #5, (elevation 1275 m,

latitude 18°20'N, longitude 74°03'W)”, Département du Sud, Haiti.

References

Primary references

• Woods, C.A. 1989. A new capromyid rodent from Haiti: The origin, evolution, and extinction of West Indian rodents and their bearing on the origin of the New World hystricognaths. Pp. 58–89 in Black, C.C. & Dawson, M.R. (eds.). Papers on fossil rodents: in honor of Albert Elmer Wood. Science Series No. 33. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Lemke's Hutia