MCZ Vertebrate Paleontology VPM-7675

Plagiodontia araeum Ray, 1964

Holotype of Plagiodontia araeum

Date Collected:

1963-01-01/1963-12-31

Central America: Dominican Republic: Greater Antilles: Hispaniola | [Masked]

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:VP:VPM-7675 JSON-LD

Media type: image; Vertebrate Paleontology VPM-7675 Description: Photograph of a tooth in lateral view of MCZ VPM-7675, Plagiodontia araeum.; Aspect: lateral

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:VP:VPM-7675 Plagiodontia araeum Holotype Description

Media type: image; Vertebrate Paleontology VPM-7675 Description: Photograph of a tooth in occlusal view of MCZ VPM-7675, Plagiodontia araeum.; Aspect: occlusal

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Shows Cataloged Item: MCZ:VP:VPM-7675 Plagiodontia araeum Holotype Description

Current Identification
Plagiodontia araeum Ray, 1964
Animalia Chordata Vertebrata Tetrapoda Mammalia Rodentia Capromyidae
Common Name(s): Wide-toothed Hutia
Determiner: Clayton E. Ray on 1964-04-10
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: ID date is date of publication; written as "Plagiodontia? araeum" in ledger and in publication.

Ray 1964, page 2, Holotype of Plagiodontia araeum Ray, 1964 verbatim cited as: Plagiodontia ? araeum
Media type: text; Ray 1964 Description: MCZ Breviora no. 203;

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Shows Publication: Ray 1964 Description: MCZ Breviora no. 203

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Part Condition Disposition Count
teeth (fossil) good in collection 1 History

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  • dm^4/ (left)

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  • Continent:
  • Central America
  • Country:
  • Dominican Republic
  • Island Group:
  • Greater Antilles
  • Island:
  • Hispaniola
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/7005388 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • [Masked]
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • [Masked]
  • Verbatim Coordinates:
  • [Masked]
  • Period/System:
  • Neogene By: [No Agent]
  • Epoch/Series:
  • Pleistocene By: [No Agent]
  • Habitat Description:
  • [Masked]
  • Microhabitat:
  • [Masked]
  • Locality Remarks:
  • verbatim horizon: late pleistocene or recent
  • Georeference:
  • [Masked]
  • Verbatim Coordinates:
  • [Masked]
  • Collecting Source:
  • rock/outcrop
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1963-01-01 / 1963-12-31
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 1963
  • Collector:
  • Clayton E. Ray

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  • [Masked]

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