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Protamandua rothi

Mammalia - Myrmecophagidae

Taxonomy
Protamandua rothi was named by Ameghino (1904). Its type specimen is Lost, cast = MACN A-10901b, a limb element (right calcaneum), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Cruz Formation, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Protamandua.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Promyrmephagus euryarthrus Ameghino p. 128
1904Protamandua rothi Ameghino p. 128
1904Promyrmephagus dolichoarthrus Ameghino p. 129
1976Protamandua rothii Hirschfeld

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
superfamilyVermilingua
familyMyrmecophagidae
subfamilyMyrmecophaginae
genusProtamandua
speciesrothi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Protamandua rothi Ameghino 1904
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Invalid names: Promyrmephagus dolichoarthrus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Promyrmephagus euryarthrus Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available