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Brachytherium

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Brachytherium Ameghino p. 87
1885Brachytherium Ameghino p. 103
1914Brachytherium Rovereto p. 51
1988Brachytherium Carroll
1997Brachytherium McKenna and Bell

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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
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
orderPanameriungulata
suborderLitopterna(Ameghino 1889)
familyProterotheriidaeAmeghino 1887
subfamilyProterotheriinaeAmeghino 1885
genusBrachytherium

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. †Brachytherium Ameghino 1883
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Brachytherium cuspidatum Ameghino 1883
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Invalid names: Epitherium paranensis Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Licaphrium mesopotamiense de Blanchini and Blanchini 1971 [synonym], Lophogonodon gradatum Ameghino 1891 [synonym]
Brachytherium cuspidatus Ameghino 1883
Brachytherium gradatum Ameghino 1891
Brachytherium morenoi Rovereto 1914
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 17:11:35
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:35
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Chasicoan to the top of the Chapadmalalan or 10.00000 to 3.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chasicoan10.0 - 9.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) B. sp. (79180)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (Entre Rios) B. cuspidatum (204596) B. cuspidatum, Proterotherium gradatum, Epitherium paranensis, Licaphrium mesopotamiense (55600)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (La Pampa) B. cuspidatum (87198 152061)
Montehermosan6.8 - 4.0Argentina (Catamarca) B. laternarium (176757)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan6.8 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) B. laternarium (157795)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) B. sp. (199154 199156)