Changquin is an extinct genus of acaremyid rodent that lived in South America during the Chattian stage of the Oligocene epoch.[1]
| Changquin Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | †Acaremyidae |
| Genus: | †Changquin |
| Species: | †C. woodi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Changquin woodi Vucetich et al., 2014 | |
Etymology
editThe generic name Changquin derives from the Mapuche word changquin, referring to the geographic area where the holotype was found. The specific epithet of the type species, Changquin woodi, honours the palaeontologist Albert E. Wood for his contributions to the study of Deseadan rodents in South America and for describing the first rodent fossils from Scarritt Pocket, the type locality of C. woodi.[2]
References
edit- ↑ "Changquin". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- ↑ Vucetich, María G.; Pérez, María E.; Ciancio, Martín R.; Carlini, Alfredo A.; Madden, Richard H.; Kohn, Matthew J. (16 April 2014). "A new acaremyid rodent (Caviomorpha, Octodontoidea) from Scarritt Pocket, Deseadan (late Oligocene) of Patagonia (Argentina)". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 34 (3): 689–698. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.804414. hdl:11336/17973. ISSN 0272-4634. Retrieved 9 June 2026 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
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