APPENDIX
Revision of the changes that occurred in the last century in the nomenclature of the Family Argyrolagidae and the genera Microtragulus and Argyrolagus.
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Author and year of publication and erected family and species or used names |
Comments |
| Ameghino, 1904 Family Tragulidae Microtragulus argentinus |
This taxon was founded on the base of metatarsal and tarsal bones |
| Ameghino, 1904 Family Argyrolagidae Argyrolagus palmeri |
A. palmeri is the type species of the genus Argyrolagus. Microtragulus argentinus and A. palmeri were published in the same year, but Microtragulus has priority because was published in an earlier issue of the same volume |
| Kraglievich, 1931 Family Argyrolagidae Microtragulus catamarcensis |
This author named a small dentary coming from Catamarca Province as Argyrolagus catamarcensis. Posteriorly Simpson (1970a) proposed the new combination Microtragulus catamarcensis |
| Rusconi, 1936 Family Argyrolagidae Microtragulus = Argyrolagus |
This author suggested the synonymy but he did not consider the priority of Microtragulus under Argyrolagus and continued the use of Argyrolagus and Argyrolagidae (See also Rusconi, 1967) |
| Reig, 1955, 1958 Family Microtragulidae Microtragulus = Argyrolagus |
This author established this synonymy after he and Kraglievich studied the then new specimen referred as Microtragulus sp. (probably the holotype of Argyrolagus scagliai) and began the use of Microtragulidae with Microtragulus as the only valid genus |
| Ringuelet, 1966 Family Microtragulidae Microtragulus = Argyrolagus M. argentinus = A. palmeri |
This author established the priority of Microtraguidae over Argyrolagidae, Microtragulus under Argyrolagus, and M. argentinus under A. palmeri. The material there figured (but not catalogued; see p. 58) was referred as M. argentinus but later assigned to the neotype of A. parodii (Simpson, 1970b) and catalogued as MLP 62-VII-27-81 |
| Simpson, 1970a Family Argyrolagidae Microtragulus (including M. argentinus, M. catamarcensis, M. reigi) |
This author made the first comprehensive attempt in order to resolve the nomenclatural problems in the family (see text for a complete explanation) |
| Hoffstetter and Villarroel, 1974 Family Microtragulidae Microtragulus (including M. reigi, M. catamarcensis, and M. bolivianus |
They validated the genus Microtragulus (including Argyrolagus) and proposed tentatively the erection of the subgenus Microtragulus and Argyrolagus. Microtragulus bolivianus is presented as Microtragulus ( Argyrolagus ?) bolivianus in the original publication. The authors did not formalize the taxonomic status of the genera included in Argyrolagus |
| Tonni et al., 1992 Family Microtragulidae Argyrolagus palmeri |
These authors included these taxon names in a taxomic list of the mammals recovered at Monte Hermoso (Buenos Aires) and included in the Montehermosan SALMA. No explanation was given in relation to the exclusion of M. argentinus from this list |
| Cione and Tonni, 1995 Family Microtragulidae Microtragulus (including M. reigi) Argyrolagus (including A. palmeri, A. scagliai) |
M. argentinus is not included among the taxa recovered at Monte Hermoso, Buenos Aires |
| Goin, 1995 Family Argyrolagidae Microtragulus (including M. argentinus, M. reigi) Argyrolagus (including A. palmeri, A. scagliai) |
The author followed the proposal of Simpson (1970a) |
| Vizcaíno et al., 2004 Family Microtragulidae Microtragulus reigi Argyrolagus scagliai |
The authors followed Tonni et al. (1992) |
| Sanchez-Villagra, 2001; Goin et al., 2000; Zimicz, 2011; Ortiz et al., 2012; Goin and Abello, 2013; Tomassini et al., 2013; García López and Babot, 2015. Family Argyrolagidae Microtragulus (including M. argentinus, M. reigi, M. bolivianus) Argyrolagus (including A. palmeri, A. scagliai) |
These authors followed the proposal of Simpson (1970a) |
