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Granastrapotherium
Taxonomy
Granastrapotherium was named by Johnson (1984). Its type is Granastrapotherium snorki.
It was assigned to Astrapotheriidae by Johnson (1984); and to Uruguaytheriinae by Cifelli (1993).
It was assigned to Astrapotheriidae by Johnson (1984); and to Uruguaytheriinae by Cifelli (1993).
Species
G. snorki (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1984 | Granastrapotherium Johnson p. 51 figs. 14-15-17-18-20-21-22 |
| 1993 | Granastrapotherium Cifelli |
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G. †Granastrapotherium Johnson 1984
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†Granastrapotherium snorki Johnson and Madden 1997
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| S. Johnson 1984 | Granastrapotherium snorki differs from all other known astrapotheres in lacking all upper and lower incisors, having canines enlarged into huge, evergrowing tusks with the lowers procumbent and not so recurved as in Parastrapotherium, Astrapotherium, Xenastrapotherium, and typically possessing an external diagonal wear facet from contact with the upper canine. Granastrapotherium lacks the third upper premolar and has P4 reduced possessing only a single internal and external cusp. All molars are expanded buccalingually and lack any cingula. Granastrapotherium is readily distinguished from Astrapotherium an Xenastrapotherium by its lack of lower incisors P3, and by its unique tusk conformation, from Astrapothericulus (a dwarf form) by its large size, lack of lower incisors, P3, and by its possessions of evergrowning tusks, and from Uruguaytherium, which is based upon a single mandibular fragment, by its possessions of a hypoflexid groove on M1-3 and more distally-oriented, more rounded metalophid on M2-3. |