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Mixotoxodon larensis

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Taxonomy
Mixotoxodon larensis was named by Van Frank (1957). Its type specimen is A.M.N.H. No. 48854, a mandible (symphyseal portion of lower jaws with left I112, right 11-P3, most P4.), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Mixotoxodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Mixotoxodon larensis Van Frank
1957Mixotoxodon larensis van Frank
2005Mixotoxodon larensis Cisneros p. 246

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
PaenungulataSimpson 1945
Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
Eutoxodontia
familyToxodontidae
genusMixotoxodon
specieslarensis

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.

Mixotoxodon larensis Van Frank 1957
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
Coronoid process height1335.0----
Lower I1 height123.0----
Lower I2 height122.0----
Lower I3 height214.413.016.014.52.12
Lower m3 height2157.0154.0160.0157.04.24

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996

Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8El Salvador Mixotoxodon larensis (70118)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Venezuela (Monagas) Mixotoxodon larensis (144977)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcon) Mixotoxodon larensis (63884)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Veracruz) Mixotoxodon larensis (192087)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Nicaragua Toxodon burmeisteri (86959)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Venezuela (Lara) Mixotoxodon larensis (145703 145704)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Costa Rica (Alajuela) Mixotoxodon larensis (192088)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Santa Rosa) Mixotoxodon larensis (212616)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala ( Zacapa) Mixotoxodon larensis (189381)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Chiquimula) Mixotoxodon larensis (212606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Panama (Herrera) Mixotoxodon larensis (71278)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Nicaragua Mixotoxodon larensis (71267)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Guatemala City) Mixotoxodon larensis (71294)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia (Magdalena) Mixotoxodon larensis (145511)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117El Salvador Mixotoxodon larensis (190752)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Honduras (Copan) Mixotoxodon larensis (230462)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) Mixotoxodon larensis (192106)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (El Petén) Mixotoxodon larensis (189383)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Honduras Mixotoxodon larensis (190753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Mixotoxodon larensis (213632)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela (Zulia) Mixotoxodon larensis (63515)