Plagiodontia araeum Ray, 1964
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Plagiodontia araeum Ray, 1964 |
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Plagiodontia araeum Ray, 1964 View in CoL . Breviora, Mus. Comp. Zool., 203:2.
TYPE LOCALITY: Dominican Republic, Prov. San Rafael, unnamed cave 2 km SE of Rancho de la Guardia (18°43'N, 71°39'W) GoogleMaps .
DISTRIBUTION: Hispaniola.
STATUS: Extinct.
SYNONYMS: stenocoronalis .
COMMENTS: Type description based on only left upper cheektooth (DP4). Subsequent fossil material collected in Haiti and deposited at the Florida Museum of Natural History includes complete cranial and dentary material, confirming the validity of this taxon. Hyperplagiodontia stenocoronalis of Rimoli (1976:34) is not distinct from P. araeum. A very large wide-toothed hutia.
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Plagiodontia araeum Ray, 1964
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Plagiodontia araeum
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