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<figureCitation id="13302A61252AB22B6195F896FE6523AC" box="[421,435,1906,1932]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[132,143,782,799]" captionTargetBox="[132,1455,214,741]" captionTargetId="figure-585@8.[698,1267,213,742]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 3. — Upper dental series of Orthomyctera rigens (Ameghino, 1888) and Orocavia andina n. comb.: A, O. rigens, MACN-A 1661 (holotype); B-E, Orocavia andina n. comb.: B, MACN-Pv 8350 (holotype); C, MACN-Pv 8351; D, MACN-Pv 8399; E, MACN-Pv 8401. Abbreviations: Al, anterior lobe; c, cement; dc, dentine crest;e, enamel; FHy, furrow opposite to hypoflexus;HFI, hypoflexus; HSE, external secondary flexus;M1, upper first molar; M2, upper second molar;M3, upper third molar; Pl, posterior lobe; ppM3, posterior projection of M3; P4, upper fourth premolar. Scale bar: 2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14530465" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14530465/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">3</figureCitation>
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, Monte Hermoso locality, Monte Hermoso Formation, Early Pliocene (
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Deschamps
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252AB22B645DFA08FB4D2223" box="[1133,1179,1515,1539]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">et al.</emphasis>
2012
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;
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Tomassini
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252AB22B6574FA08FAA42223" box="[1348,1394,1515,1539]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">et al.</emphasis>
2013
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;
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Prevosti
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).
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252AB22B631DF997FC5A22AD" box="[813,908,1651,1677]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Cranium</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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The skull and only known specimen of
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252AB22B6523F977FCBA22EC" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Orthomyctera rigens</emphasis>
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is poorly preserved (
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A-D), missing most of the rostrum, the zygomatic process, and the braincase. The anteroposterior length of the skull is incomplete because it is broken, but larger than in
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252AB22B64B6F8F7FA89230C" box="[1158,1375,1810,1836]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Microcavia australis</emphasis>
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, and it seems smaller than of
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252AB22B642CF8D6FB53236C" box="[1052,1157,1842,1868]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Dolicavia</emphasis>
Ameghino, 1916
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(
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; Appendices 4; 5).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB436E4252AB22B631DF875FAD423CC" blockId="6.[811,1455,1937,2028]" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252AB22B631DF875FC49238B" bold="true" box="[813,927,1937,1963]" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">Premaxilla</emphasis>
. The premaxilla (
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) is poorly preserved in the ventral view (
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), the incisive foramina seem triangular-shaped, as in
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252AB22B638DF836FBEF23CB" box="[957,1081,2001,2027]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">M. australis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252AB22B645FF836FB5223CB" box="[1135,1156,2002,2027]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">D</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252AB22B64A1F835FB2D23CB" box="[1169,1275,2001,2027]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="273">minuscula</emphasis>
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.
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. 2. —
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A60E3FC7DFEAA278A" box="[211,380,921,938]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Orthomyctera rigens</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EF9A4B15252BB22A61B5FC7DFDD8278A" author="AMEGHINO F." box="[389,526,921,938]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" pagination="1 - 21" refId="ref14451" refString="AMEGHINO F. 1888. - Lista de especies de mamiferos fosiles del Mioceno superior de Monte Hermoso hasta ahora conocidas. Coni PE e hijos, Buenos Aires: 1 - 21." type="book chapter" year="1888">Ameghino, 1888</bibRefCitation>
)
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MACN-A 1661 (holotype):
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, lateral view;
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, detail of lateral view;
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, dorsal view;
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A6483FC7DFB17278A" bold="true" box="[1203,1217,921,938]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">D</emphasis>
, ventral view. Abbreviations:
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, bulge;
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, mesopterigoid fossa;
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, frontal;
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, infraorbital groove;
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A62EFFC4BFCD727E0" bold="true" box="[735,769,943,960]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">mm</emphasis>
, notch for the tendon of medial part of masseter muscle;
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, Maxilla;
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A657BFC4BFAB427E0" bold="true" box="[1355,1378,943,960]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Pa</emphasis>
, parietal;
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, premaxilla,
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, palatine;
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, lateral ridge of infraorbital groove. Scale bar: 10 mm.
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A60B4FBF1FF0D200F" bold="true" box="[132,219,1045,1071]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Maxilla</emphasis>
. The lateral ridge of the infraorbital groove (rMx;
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) is similar than
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A61A0FBD2FD9D206F" box="[400,587,1077,1103]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Neocavia lozanoi</emphasis>
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and some specimens of
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A60DEFBB1FE8C204F" box="[238,346,1109,1135]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Dolicavia</emphasis>
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(e.g. MMP 536-S), while dorsoventrally is lower than in
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A61BCFB91FDC720AE" box="[396,529,1140,1166]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">M. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and other specimens of
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A6093FB70FEDB208E" box="[163,269,1172,1198]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Dolicavia</emphasis>
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(e.g. MACN-Pv 10617). In lateral view, the posterior border of the diastema is vertical, and the suture between both maxillae forms a small bulge (
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), as in
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A6095FB11FEFF212E" box="[165,297,1268,1294]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">M. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and in
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A61BAFB11FDC9212E" box="[394,543,1268,1294]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">D. minuscula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. A small portion of the maxillary zygomatic process is preserved on the left side at the level of P4-M1. In ventral view, the notch for the tendon of the medial part of the masseter muscle in the origin of the zygomatic arch is an elliptical concavity with well-defined edges (
<figureCitation id="13302A61252BB22A6198FA77FDD4218E" box="[424,514,1427,1454]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="7.[132,143,921,938]" captionTargetBox="[132,1455,215,879]" captionTargetId="figure-622@7.[698,1267,213,785]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIG. 2. — Orthomyctera rigens (Ameghino, 1888) MACN-A 1661 (holotype): A, lateral view; B, detail of lateral view; C, dorsal view; D, ventral view. Abbreviations: bg, bulge; fmpt, mesopterigoid fossa; Fr, frontal; ig, infraorbital groove; mm, notch for the tendon of medial part of masseter muscle; Mx, Maxilla; Pa, parietal; Pmx, premaxilla, Pt, palatine; rMx, lateral ridge of infraorbital groove. Scale bar: 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14530463" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14530463/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Fig. 2D</figureCitation>
) as
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A6206FA70FD1D218D" authorityName="MLP" baseAuthorityName="Ameghino" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[566,715,1427,1453]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Dolicavia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minuscula">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A6206FA70FD1D218D" box="[566,715,1427,1453]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">D. minuscula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The palate is terraced (maxillopalatal portion of the palate more dorsal than the lateral maxillary portion;
<figureCitation id="13302A61252BB22A62AEFA37FD2E21CD" box="[670,760,1491,1517]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="7.[132,143,921,938]" captionTargetBox="[132,1455,215,879]" captionTargetId="figure-622@7.[698,1267,213,785]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIG. 2. — Orthomyctera rigens (Ameghino, 1888) MACN-A 1661 (holotype): A, lateral view; B, detail of lateral view; C, dorsal view; D, ventral view. Abbreviations: bg, bulge; fmpt, mesopterigoid fossa; Fr, frontal; ig, infraorbital groove; mm, notch for the tendon of medial part of masseter muscle; Mx, Maxilla; Pa, parietal; Pmx, premaxilla, Pt, palatine; rMx, lateral ridge of infraorbital groove. Scale bar: 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14530463" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14530463/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Fig. 2D</figureCitation>
). This terracing is similar to the condition of “
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A6259FA17FF04220D" baseAuthorityName="Rovereto" baseAuthorityYear="1914" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Orthomyctera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andina">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A6259FA17FD2D222D" box="[617,763,1523,1549]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Orthomyctera</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A60B4F9F7FF04220D" box="[132,210,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">andina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A613CF9F0FEA9220D" authorityName="Kraglievich" authorityYear="1932" box="[268,383,1555,1581]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Neocavia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lozanoi">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A613CF9F0FEA9220D" box="[268,383,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">N. lozanoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and is shallower than in
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A62ADF9F7FCD1220D" authorityName="Ameghino" authorityYear="1916" box="[669,775,1555,1581]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Dolicavia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A62ADF9F7FCD1220D" box="[669,775,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Dolicavia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A6086F9D0FEEF226D" baseAuthorityName="I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire &amp; d'Orbigny" baseAuthorityYear="1833" box="[182,313,1587,1613]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Microcavia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A6086F9D0FEEF226D" box="[182,313,1587,1613]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">M. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB436E4252BB22A60B4F997FDEE232C" blockId="7.[132,775,1651,1805]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A60B4F997FF0322AD" bold="true" box="[132,213,1651,1677]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Frontal</emphasis>
. In dorsal view, the anterior portion of the frontal are flat (
<figureCitation id="13302A61252BB22A60EDF977FE99228D" box="[221,335,1683,1709]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="7.[132,143,921,938]" captionTargetBox="[132,1455,215,879]" captionTargetId="figure-622@7.[698,1267,213,785]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIG. 2. — Orthomyctera rigens (Ameghino, 1888) MACN-A 1661 (holotype): A, lateral view; B, detail of lateral view; C, dorsal view; D, ventral view. Abbreviations: bg, bulge; fmpt, mesopterigoid fossa; Fr, frontal; ig, infraorbital groove; mm, notch for the tendon of medial part of masseter muscle; Mx, Maxilla; Pa, parietal; Pmx, premaxilla, Pt, palatine; rMx, lateral ridge of infraorbital groove. Scale bar: 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14530463" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14530463/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Fig. 2B, C</figureCitation>
), at the level of the orbital region. Other characteristics (e.g. ledge or the dorsal hole or orbital constriction) described by
<bibRefCitation id="EF9A4B15252BB22A6166F936FDCD22CD" author="AMEGHINO F." box="[342,539,1746,1773]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" pagination="1 - 1027" refId="ref14485" refString="AMEGHINO F. 1889. - Contribucion al conocimiento de los mamiferos fosiles de la Republica Argentina. Actas de la Academia Nacional Ciencias 6: 1 - 1027. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 121288" type="journal article" year="1889">Ameghino (1889)</bibRefCitation>
cannot be confirmed due to poor preservation of the remains.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB436E4252BB22A60B4F8D6FEFD23CB" blockId="7.[132,775,1842,2028]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A60B4F8D6FF08236C" bold="true" box="[132,222,1842,1868]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Parietal</emphasis>
. The parietal is displaced from its original position and broken in the posterior portion. The conserved portion is convex as in
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A61ACF897FDF723AC" baseAuthorityName="I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire &amp; d'Orbigny" baseAuthorityYear="1833" box="[412,545,1906,1932]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Microcavia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A61ACF897FDF723AC" box="[412,545,1906,1932]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">M. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A6202F897FD1D23AC" authorityName="MLP" baseAuthorityName="Ameghino" baseAuthorityYear="1908" box="[562,715,1906,1932]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Dolicavia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="minuscula">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A6202F897FD1D23AC" box="[562,715,1906,1932]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">D. minuscula</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A60B6F877FF28238C" authorityName="Kraglievich" authorityYear="1932" box="[134,254,1938,1964]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Neocavia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lozanoi">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A60B6F877FF28238C" box="[134,254,1938,1964]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">N. lozanoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; the left temporal fossa seems as shallow as in other caviines (e.g.
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A61BDF856FDC423EC" baseAuthorityName="I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire &amp; d'Orbigny" baseAuthorityYear="1833" box="[397,530,1970,1996]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Microcavia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A61BDF856FE7323EB" box="[397,421,1970,1995]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">M</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A6186F856FDC423EC" box="[438,530,1970,1996]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) the right portion is not preserved.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB436E4252BB22A631DFBF1FBCA214E" blockId="7.[811,1456,1045,1390]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A631DFBF1FC50200F" bold="true" box="[813,902,1045,1071]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Palatine</emphasis>
. The palatine bone occupies 25% of the anteroposterior length (APL) of the palate (
<figureCitation id="13302A61252BB22A64BBFBD1FB09206F" box="[1163,1247,1077,1103]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="7.[132,143,921,938]" captionTargetBox="[132,1455,215,879]" captionTargetId="figure-622@7.[698,1267,213,785]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIG. 2. — Orthomyctera rigens (Ameghino, 1888) MACN-A 1661 (holotype): A, lateral view; B, detail of lateral view; C, dorsal view; D, ventral view. Abbreviations: bg, bulge; fmpt, mesopterigoid fossa; Fr, frontal; ig, infraorbital groove; mm, notch for the tendon of medial part of masseter muscle; Mx, Maxilla; Pa, parietal; Pmx, premaxilla, Pt, palatine; rMx, lateral ridge of infraorbital groove. Scale bar: 10 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14530463" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14530463/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Fig. 2D</figureCitation>
). The medial suture between both maxillary counterparts and between maxilla and palatine are not completely fused, indicating that it could be a still young individual. The anterior border of the mesopterygoid fossa is U-shaped, extending up to the anterior lobe of M3, as in other
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A63CEFB30FB8A20CE" authorityName="Fischer de Waldheim" authorityYear="1817" box="[1022,1116,1236,1262]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Caviinae">Caviinae</taxonomicName>
(e.g.
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A64AFFB30FAD420CE" authorityName="Ameghino" authorityYear="1916" box="[1183,1282,1236,1262]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Dolicavia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A64AFFB30FAD420CE" box="[1183,1282,1236,1262]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Dolicavia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A6521FB31FA7F20CE" authorityName="Meyen" authorityYear="1833" box="[1297,1449,1236,1263]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Galea" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="musteloides">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A6521FB31FA7F20CE" box="[1297,1449,1236,1263]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">G. musteloides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A631DFB11FC71212E" baseAuthorityName="I. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire &amp; d'Orbigny" baseAuthorityYear="1833" box="[813,935,1268,1294]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Microcavia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="australis">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A631DFB11FC71212E" box="[813,935,1268,1294]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">M. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). However, it differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A64F4FB10FAD4212E" authorityName="Pallas" authorityYear="1766" box="[1220,1282,1268,1294]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Cavia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A64F4FB10FAD4212E" box="[1220,1282,1268,1294]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Cavia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which presents a palatal process; it also differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A648AFAF0FA91210E" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1922" box="[1210,1351,1300,1326]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Dolichotinae">Dolichotinae</taxonomicName>
in which the mesopterygoid fossa extends up to M2 and has a V-shape (see
<bibRefCitation id="EF9A4B15252BB22A636CFAB0FBDB214E" author="AMEGHINO F." box="[860,1037,1364,1390]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" pagination="1 - 1027" refId="ref14485" refString="AMEGHINO F. 1889. - Contribucion al conocimiento de los mamiferos fosiles de la Republica Argentina. Actas de la Academia Nacional Ciencias 6: 1 - 1027. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 121288" type="journal article" year="1889">Ameghino 1889</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB436E4252BB22A631DFA77FC72218D" blockId="7.[811,1457,1427,2028]" box="[813,932,1427,1453]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">
<heading id="D0FC8188252BB22A631DFA77FC72218D" box="[813,932,1427,1453]" fontSize="11" level="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" reason="8">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A631DFA77FC72218D" box="[813,932,1427,1453]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Cheek teeth</emphasis>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB436E4252BB22A631DFA50FB82224D" blockId="7.[811,1457,1427,2028]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">
In the publication of 1889, Ameghino wrote: “
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A6522FA57FACA21CD" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">todas las muelas del lado derecho y las tres primeras del izquierdo</emphasis>
”, that means “all the molars on the right side and the first three on the left”. However, this is a simple confusion that needs to be clarified, since the specimen
<collectionCode id="ED1AAE21252BB22A63C8F9D7FBB0226D" box="[1016,1126,1587,1613]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">MACN-A</collectionCode>
1661 preserves the left P4-M3 and right P4-M2 (
<figureCitation id="13302A61252BB22A63C5F9B7FB9E224D" box="[1013,1096,1619,1645]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[132,143,782,799]" captionTargetBox="[132,1455,214,741]" captionTargetId="figure-585@8.[698,1267,213,742]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 3. — Upper dental series of Orthomyctera rigens (Ameghino, 1888) and Orocavia andina n. comb.: A, O. rigens, MACN-A 1661 (holotype); B-E, Orocavia andina n. comb.: B, MACN-Pv 8350 (holotype); C, MACN-Pv 8351; D, MACN-Pv 8399; E, MACN-Pv 8401. Abbreviations: Al, anterior lobe; c, cement; dc, dentine crest;e, enamel; FHy, furrow opposite to hypoflexus;HFI, hypoflexus; HSE, external secondary flexus;M1, upper first molar; M2, upper second molar;M3, upper third molar; Pl, posterior lobe; ppM3, posterior projection of M3; P4, upper fourth premolar. Scale bar: 2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14530465" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14530465/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Fig. 3A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB436E4252BB22A6373F997FBF923CB" blockId="7.[811,1457,1427,2028]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">
The cheek teeth are euhypsodont and double heart-shaped, with a constriction in the lingual apex of the lobes, and a transverse dentine crest in the middle of the occlusal surface of each lobe (
<figureCitation id="13302A61252BB22A6388F936FBDE22CD" box="[952,1032,1746,1773]" captionStart="FIG" captionStartId="8.[132,143,782,799]" captionTargetBox="[132,1455,214,741]" captionTargetId="figure-585@8.[698,1267,213,742]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIG. 3. — Upper dental series of Orthomyctera rigens (Ameghino, 1888) and Orocavia andina n. comb.: A, O. rigens, MACN-A 1661 (holotype); B-E, Orocavia andina n. comb.: B, MACN-Pv 8350 (holotype); C, MACN-Pv 8351; D, MACN-Pv 8399; E, MACN-Pv 8401. Abbreviations: Al, anterior lobe; c, cement; dc, dentine crest;e, enamel; FHy, furrow opposite to hypoflexus;HFI, hypoflexus; HSE, external secondary flexus;M1, upper first molar; M2, upper second molar;M3, upper third molar; Pl, posterior lobe; ppM3, posterior projection of M3; P4, upper fourth premolar. Scale bar: 2 mm." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14530465" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/14530465/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Fig. 3A</figureCitation>
), as in other
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A64BCF936FB3C22CC" authorityName="Fischer de Waldheim" authorityYear="1817" box="[1164,1258,1746,1772]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Caviinae">Caviinae</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A652CF936FA7A22CC" authorityName="Pocock" authorityYear="1922" box="[1308,1452,1746,1772]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="subFamily" subFamily="Dolichotinae">Dolichotinae</taxonomicName>
. The hypoflexus is funnel-shaped with cement; enamel is interrupted at the labial wall, except along the external secondary flexus (HSE). The HSE of molariforms of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A64DDF8D6FA9F236C" baseAuthorityName="Ameghino" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[1261,1353,1842,1868]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Orthomyctera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rigens">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A64DDF8D6FA9F236C" box="[1261,1353,1842,1868]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">O. rigens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is similar to
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A6377F8B6FB28234C" box="[839,1278,1874,1900]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A6377F8B6FC7C234C" authorityName="Ameghino" authorityYear="1916" box="[839,938,1874,1900]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Dolicavia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Dolicavia</taxonomicName>
and shallower than in other cavies
</emphasis>
(e.g.
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A6505F8B6FAA4234C" authorityName="Pallas" authorityYear="1766" box="[1333,1394,1874,1900]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Cavia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A6505F8B6FAA4234C" box="[1333,1394,1874,1900]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Cavia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A654EF8B7FCB723AC" authorityName="Kraglievich" authorityYear="1932" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Neocavia" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A654EF8B7FCB723AC" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Neocavia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and, differs from the flexus of
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A64ABF896FB2923AC" authorityName="Desmarest" authorityYear="1820" box="[1179,1279,1906,1932]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Dolichotis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A64ABF896FB2923AC" box="[1179,1279,1906,1932]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">Dolichotis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and “
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D67252BB22A650DF896FA7923AC" baseAuthorityName="Rovereto" baseAuthorityYear="1914" box="[1341,1455,1906,1932]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Orthomyctera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="andina">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A650DF896FA8E23AC" box="[1341,1368,1906,1932]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">O.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A6557F896FA7923AC" box="[1383,1455,1906,1932]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">andina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in that these taxa have the flexus as a labial furrow opposite to the hypoflexus (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9A4B15252BB22A63E7F856FB3423EC" author="MADOZZO JAEN M. C. &amp; PEREZ M. E. &amp; DESCHAMPS C. M." box="[983,1250,1970,1996]" pageId="7" pageNumber="274" pagination="995 - 1013" refId="ref17295" refString="MADOZZO JAEN M. C., PEREZ M. E. &amp; DESCHAMPS C. M. 2021. - The oldest species of Dolichotis (Rodentia, Hystricognathi) from the Pliocene of Argentina: redescription and taxonomic status of &quot; Orthomyctera &quot; chapalmalense. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 28: 995 - 1013. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10914 - 021 - 09559 - 4" type="journal article" year="2021">
Madozzo Jaén
<emphasis id="B97FEAF6252BB22A6441F856FB7223EC" box="[1137,1188,1970,1996]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="274">et al.</emphasis>
2021
</bibRefCitation>
; but see
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,
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; see below).
</paragraph>
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. 3. — Upper dental series of
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22561BFFCEAFDEE273F" box="[399,568,782,799]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Orthomyctera rigens</emphasis>
(
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)
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and
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22562C8FCEAFCAB273F" box="[760,893,782,799]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Orocavia andina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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:
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,
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22563DDFCEAFBE1273F" box="[1005,1079,782,799]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">O. rigens</emphasis>
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, MACN-A 1661 (holotype);
<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B225652BFCEAFAED273F" bold="true" box="[1307,1339,782,799]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">B -E</emphasis>
,
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B2256575FCEAFF712716" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Orocavia andina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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:
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, MACN-Pv 8350 (holotype);
<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22561CBFCC1FDDF2716" bold="true" box="[507,521,805,822]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">C</emphasis>
, MACN-Pv 8351;
<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B2256290FCC1FD782716" bold="true" box="[672,686,805,822]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">D</emphasis>
, MACN-Pv 8399;
<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B2256375FCC1FC872716" bold="true" box="[837,849,805,822]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">E</emphasis>
, MACN-Pv 8401. Abbreviations:
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, anterior lobe;
<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22564C3FCC1FB282716" bold="true" box="[1267,1278,805,822]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">c</emphasis>
, cement;
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, dentine crest;
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, enamel;
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, furrow opposite to hypoflexus;
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, hypoflexus;
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, external secondary flexus;
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, upper first molar;
<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22564B7FCD8FB74276D" bold="true" box="[1159,1186,828,845]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">M2</emphasis>
, upper second molar;
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, upper third molar;
<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22560D9FCB6FF2C2743" bold="true" box="[233,250,850,867]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Pl</emphasis>
, posterior lobe;
<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22561B2FCB6FE622743" bold="true" box="[386,436,850,867]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">ppM3</emphasis>
, posterior projection of M3;
<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B2256291FCB6FD6E2743" bold="true" box="[673,696,850,867]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">P4</emphasis>
, upper fourth premolar. Scale bar: 2 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB436E42524B22560ABFC71FEB620AE" blockId="8.[131,777,917,1167]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">
The
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of M1 is the shortest of the cheek teeth, while the
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of P4 is shorter than that of M2, and M2 is shorter than that of M3 (
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). It differs from
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B2256258FC32FD3F27CF" box="[616,745,981,1007]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">M. australis</emphasis>
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in which the
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of M1 is similar to that of M2. The M3 has a developed posterior projection of the posterior lobe, shorter than in
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B2256101FBD2FE45206F" box="[305,403,1078,1103]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Neocavia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B2256191FBD1FDDF206F" box="[417,521,1077,1103]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Dolicavia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and “
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B2256264FBD1FDA6206F" box="[596,624,1077,1103]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">O.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22562B3FBD1FD19206F" box="[643,719,1077,1103]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">andina</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; and differs from
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B225613CFBB1FE5D204F" box="[268,395,1109,1135]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">M. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, in which the posterior projection is an incipient lobe.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB436E42524B22560B4FB30FE0D20CE" blockId="8.[130,775,1205,1485]" box="[132,475,1236,1262]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22560B4FB30FEEC20CE" box="[132,314,1236,1262]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">
The
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species of
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D672524B2256171FB30FE0D20CE" authorityName="Ameghino" authorityYear="1889" box="[321,475,1236,1262]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Orthomyctera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="8" pageNumber="275" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Orthomyctera</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB436E42524B22560B4FB10FD6821ED" blockId="8.[130,775,1205,1485]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D672524B22560B4FB10FE8F212E" baseAuthorityName="Ameghino" baseAuthorityYear="1888" box="[132,345,1268,1294]" class="Mammalia" family="Caviidae" genus="Orthomyctera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rodentia" pageId="8" pageNumber="275" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rigens">
<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22560B4FB10FE8F212E" box="[132,345,1268,1294]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Orthomyctera rigens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was designated the
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species of the genre
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22560F8FAF0FE81210E" box="[200,343,1300,1326]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Orthomyctera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="EF9A4B152524B22561B5FAF0FD57210E" author="KRAGLIEVICH L." box="[389,641,1300,1327]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275" pagination="59 - 95" refId="ref16783" refString="KRAGLIEVICH L. 1930. - Diagnosis osteologico-dentaria de los generos vivientes de la subfamilia Caviinae. Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires 36: 59 - 95." type="journal article" year="1930">Kraglievich (1930: 71)</bibRefCitation>
. Posteriorly,
<bibRefCitation id="EF9A4B152524B22560B6FAD0FEF3216E" author="PASCUAL R." box="[134,293,1332,1358]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275" pagination="103 - 113" refId="ref17860" refString="PASCUAL R. 1966. - Caviidae, in BORRELLO A. V. &amp; PASCUAL R. (eds), Paleontografia Bonaerense. Comision de Investigaciones Cientificas de la Provincia de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires: 103 - 113." type="book chapter" year="1966">Pascual (1966)</bibRefCitation>
considered
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B2256192FAD0FD88216E" box="[418,606,1332,1358]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Orthomyctera lata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as the
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species of the genre, without any kind of justification. According to the nomenclature code (International Code of Zoological Nomenclature: art. 69.1) if no
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species was designated in the original publication, the first designation is valid.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22560B4FA17FE87222D" box="[132,337,1523,1549]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">
The
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material of
</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C0B4D672524B2256168FA17FDEF222D" authorityYear="1888" box="[344,569,1523,1549]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Orthomyctera rigens</taxonomicName>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB436E42524B22560B4F9F7FB2D206F" blockId="8.[131,777,1523,2028]" lastBlockId="8.[812,1457,917,1103]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9A4B152524B22560B4F9F7FE9D220D" author="AMEGHINO F." box="[132,331,1555,1581]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275" pagination="1 - 21" refId="ref14451" refString="AMEGHINO F. 1888. - Lista de especies de mamiferos fosiles del Mioceno superior de Monte Hermoso hasta ahora conocidas. Coni PE e hijos, Buenos Aires: 1 - 21." type="book chapter" year="1888">Ameghino (1888)</bibRefCitation>
established
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22561E7F9F7FD8A220D" box="[471,604,1555,1581]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Cavia rigens</emphasis>
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based on characters of the upper and lower teeth without specifying on which specimens the determination was made. Posteriorly,
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erected the genus
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B2256214F997FD6522AD" box="[548,691,1651,1677]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Orthomyctera</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, which includes the species
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B2256163F977FE06228C" box="[339,464,1683,1709]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Cavia rigens</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, among others (
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B225624BF977FF6222EC" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Orthomyctera vaga</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22560F3F957FF0122ED" box="[195,215,1715,1741]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">O</emphasis>
.
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, and
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B225617DF956FDC122EC" box="[333,535,1714,1740]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Dolichotis lacunosa</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF9A4B152524B225622EF956FD0A22ED" author="AMEGHINO F." box="[542,732,1714,1741]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275" pagination="1 - 21" refId="ref14451" refString="AMEGHINO F. 1888. - Lista de especies de mamiferos fosiles del Mioceno superior de Monte Hermoso hasta ahora conocidas. Coni PE e hijos, Buenos Aires: 1 - 21." type="book chapter" year="1888">Ameghino, 1888</bibRefCitation>
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). In that work he figured a skull (
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1661 see Lam. XI, 6-7), and a jaw (
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1662) as
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B225621AF916FCD6232C" box="[554,768,1778,1804]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Orthomyctera rigens</emphasis>
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. Subsequently, both specimens have been considered the type material of this species (e.g.
<bibRefCitation id="EF9A4B152524B22561F8F8D6FD50236C" author="CROFT D. A. &amp; CHICK J. M. &amp; ANAYA F." box="[456,646,1842,1868]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275" pagination="245 - 268" refId="ref15720" refString="CROFT D. A., CHICK J. M. &amp; ANAYA F. 2011. - New middle miocene caviomorph rodents from Quebrada Honda, Bolivia. Journal of Mammalian Evolution 18 (4): 245 - 268. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 10914 - 011 - 9164 - z" type="journal article" year="2011">
Croft
<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B225623CF8D7FD95236C" box="[524,579,1842,1868]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">et al.</emphasis>
2011
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). From the morphological analysis here, it is inferred that the skull and the mandible do not correspond to the same individual and even correspond to different taxonomic entities because of the follow morphological differences:1) lower m1 of MACNA 1662 smaller than the upper molars of
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1661 (see
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) lower m1 of
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1662 with an opposite furrow to the hypoflexid, contrasting with that condition of the upper molars of
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which the HSE is present. Since
<bibRefCitation id="EF9A4B152524B22563D5FC11FB7F202F" author="AMEGHINO F." box="[997,1193,1013,1039]" pageId="8" pageNumber="275" pagination="1 - 1027" refId="ref14485" refString="AMEGHINO F. 1889. - Contribucion al conocimiento de los mamiferos fosiles de la Republica Argentina. Actas de la Academia Nacional Ciencias 6: 1 - 1027. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 121288" type="journal article" year="1889">Ameghino (1889)</bibRefCitation>
focused the description of this species on the skull
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1661, we designated this specimen as the
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of
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22564A5FBD1FB22206F" box="[1173,1268,1077,1103]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">O. rigens</emphasis>
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.
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B225631DFB90FC2F20AE" box="[813,1017,1140,1166]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">Referred material to</emphasis>
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Appendices 6-8 provides a revision of the fossil specimens previously referred to as
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in the literature. However, here is necessary to clarify that the mention of
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<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B2256503FB31FA4420CE" box="[1331,1426,1237,1263]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">O. rigens</emphasis>
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in
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Pardiñas
<emphasis id="B97FEAF62524B22563A0FB11FC13212E" box="[912,965,1268,1294]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="275">et al.</emphasis>
(2017)
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(that was taken in turn of
<bibRefCitation id="EF9A4B152524B2256575FB10FC54210E" author="FRENGUELLI J." pageId="8" pageNumber="275" refId="ref16397" refString="FRENGUELLI J. 1928. - Observaciones geologicas en la region costanera sur de la Provincia de Buenos Aires. Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Facultad de Ciencias de la Educacion, Anales 2, Santa Fe, 145 p." type="book" year="1928">Frenguelli (1928))</bibRefCitation>
, from the Quequén Salado River, “Irenense” Fauna (
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), could not be corroborated because the authors did not provide details of the material or the corresponding collection number.
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