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Pseudotypotherium subinsigne

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae

Taxonomy
Pseudotypotherium subinsigne was named by Rovereto (1914).

Synonyms
  • Pseudotypotherium carhuense was named by Cabrera (1937). Its type specimen is MLP 37-III-7-1, a maxilla (Parte del maxilar derecho con los m'-', y mandíbnl¡t incom- pleta, sin los incisivos, en el lado derecho conservada hasta la mitad del m I y en el izquierdo has), and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized objectively with Pseudotypotherium subinsigne by Cerdeño and Montalvo (2001).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Pseudotypotherium subinsigne Rovereto
1937Pseudotypotherium carhuense Cabrera
1939Pseudotypotherium carhuense Cabrera

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
—PaenungulataSimpson 1945
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
familyMesotheriidaeAlston 1876
subfamilyMesotheriinaeAlston 1876
tribePampaini
genusPseudotypotherium
speciessubinsigneRovereto 1914

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.

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Invalid names: Pseudotypotherium carhuense Cabrera 1937 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chasicoan - Huayquerian10.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) Pseudotypotherium subinsigne (204494)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) Pseudotypotherium carhuense (87198) Pseudotypotherium subinsigne (151498 151500 152061 192135 204361 204363 204598 206031 230751)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Pseudotypotherium carhuense (212302)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (La Pampa) Pseudotypotherium subinsigne (141939)