Luantus
| Luantus Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Superfamily: | Cavioidea |
| Genus: | †Luantus Ameghino, 1899 |
| Type species | |
| Luantus propheticus Ameghino, 1899 | |
| Other species | |
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Luantus is an extinct genus of caviomorph rodent that lived in South America during the Miocene epoch.[1]
Distribution
[edit]Endemic to Argentina were the species Luantus initialis,[2] Luantus propheticus,[3] and Luantus toldensis.[4] Luantus sompallwei inhabited Chile exclusively,[5] while Luantus minor is known from both Argentina and Chile.[6] Luantus silbamanta was endemic to Peru.[7]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Luantus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
- ↑ "Luantus initialis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
- ↑ "Luantus propheticus". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
- ↑ "Luantus toldensis". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
- ↑ "Luantus sompallwei". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
- ↑ "Luantus minor". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 5 September 2026.
- ↑ Arnal, Michelle; Kay, Richard Frederick; Valdivia, Luis Angel; Salenbien, Wout; Morse, Paul E.; Borths, Matthew Robert; Williams, Blythe A.; Riddle, Catherine; Martínez, Jean‐Noël; Gonzales, Lauren A. (23 March 2026). "New Early Miocene hystricognath rodents (Caviomorpha) from the Madre de Dios River in the southeastern Peruvian Amazon". Papers in Palaeontology. 12 (2). doi:10.1002/spp2.70064. hdl:11336/288684. ISSN 2056-2799. Retrieved 5 September 2026 – via Wiley Online Library.
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