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Parastrapotherium

Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
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YearName and author
1895Parastrapotherium Ameghino
1897Parastrapotherium Ameghino p. 448
1897Traspoatherium Ameghino p. 450
1897Loxocoelus Ameghino p. 476
1903Helicolophodon Roth
1904Helicolophodon Roth
1988Parastrapotherium Carroll
2008Parastrapotherium Kramarz and Bond
2010Parastrapotherium Kramarz and Bond

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
PaenungulataSimpson 1945
Sudamericungulata
orderAstrapotheria
familyAstrapotheriidaeAmeghino 1887
genusParastrapotheriumAmeghino 1895

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.

G. †Parastrapotherium Ameghino 1895
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Parastrapotherium crassum Ameghino 1902
Parastrapotherium ephebicum Ameghino 1889
Parastrapotherium herculeum Ameghino 1899
Parastrapotherium holmbergi Ameghino 1894
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Invalid names: Helicolophodon giganteus Roth 1904 [synonym], Loxocoelus obturtus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Parastrapotherium lemoinei Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Parastrapotherium trouessarti Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Traspoatherium convexidens Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
Parastrapotherium martiale Ameghino 1901
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Invalid names: Parastrapotherium insuperabile Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Parastrapotherium superabile Ameghino 1901 [synonym]
Parastrapotherium symmetrum Ameghino 1902
Parastrapotherium variabile Ameghino 1901
Parastrapotherium voghti Mercerat 1891
Invalid names: Helicolophodon Roth 1903 [synonym], Loxocoelus [synonym], Traspoatherium [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 17:11:22
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:22
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Mustersan to the top of the Colhuehuapian or 48.00000 to 17.50000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene48.6 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) P. crassum (176461)
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) Helicolophodon giganteus (176290)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. holmbergi (50074 176269)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) Astrapotherium voghti (186781) P. holmbergi (14211) Parastrapotherium indet. (92670) P. martiale (186780) P. sp. (146358)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Neuquén) P. sp. (89027 197285)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) P. symmetrum (141368)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Chile (Biobio) P. sp. (139577)