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Astrapotheriidae
Taxonomy
Astrapotheriidae was named by Ameghino (1887).
It was assigned to Taligrada by Ameghino (1891); to Astrapotheroidea by Ameghino (1894), Ameghino (1897); to Astrapotherioidea by Simpson (1934); and to Astrapotheria by Lydekker (1894), Gregory (1910), Simpson (1957), Simpson (1967), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kramarz and Bond (2009), Kramarz and Bond (2010).
It was assigned to Taligrada by Ameghino (1891); to Astrapotheroidea by Ameghino (1894), Ameghino (1897); to Astrapotherioidea by Simpson (1934); and to Astrapotheria by Lydekker (1894), Gregory (1910), Simpson (1957), Simpson (1967), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kramarz and Bond (2009), Kramarz and Bond (2010).
Subtaxa
Astrapodon, Astraponotus (syn. Megalophodon, Notamynus), Astrapothericulus, Astrapotheriinae, Astrapotherium (syn. Mesembriotherium, Xylotherium, Listriotherium), Comahuetherium, Ganastrapotherium, Liarthrus, Maddenia, Monoeidodon, Parastrapotherium (syn. Traspoatherium, Loxocoelus, Helicolophodon), Scaglia, Tonorhinus, Uruguaytheriinae
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1887 | Astrapotheriidae Ameghino p. 19 |
1891 | Astrapotheridae Ameghino p. 12 |
1894 | Astrapotheridae Ameghino p. 48 |
1894 | Astrapotheriidae Lydekker p. 47 |
1897 | Astrapotheriidae Ameghino p. 448 |
1910 | Astrapotheriidae Gregory p. 466 |
1934 | Astrapotheriidae Simpson |
1957 | Astrapotheriidae Simpson |
1967 | Astrapotheriidae Simpson |
1988 | Astrapotheriidae Carroll |
1997 | Astrapotheriidae McKenna and Bell |
2009 | Astrapotheriidae Kramarz and Bond |
2010 | Astrapotheriidae Kramarz and Bond |
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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.
Fm. †Astrapotheriidae Ameghino 1887
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G. †Astrapodon Ameghino 1891
G. †Astraponotus Ameghino 1901
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†Astraponotus assymmetrus Ameghino 1901
†Astraponotus dicksoni Roth 1904
†Astraponotus dilatatus Roth 1904
†Astraponotus holdichi Roth 1904
†Astraponotus thompsoni Roth 1904
Invalid names: Megalophodon Roth 1903 [synonym], Notamynus Roth 1903 [synonym]
G. †Astrapothericulus Ameghino 1902
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†Astrapothericulus emarginatus Ameghino 1904
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Invalid names: Astrapothericulus peninsulatus Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
†Astrapothericulus iheringi Ameghino 1899
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Invalid names: Astrapothericulus hebetatus Ameghino 1891 [synonym]
G. †Astrapotherium Burmeister 1879
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†Astrapotherium christi Stehlin 1928
†Astrapotherium guillei Kramarz et al. 2019
†Astrapotherium magnum Owen 1853
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Invalid names: Astrapodon carinatus Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Astrapotherium angustidens Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Astrapotherium burmeisteri Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Astrapotherium columnatum Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Astrapotherium gaudryi Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Astrapotherium karaikense Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Astrapotherium marshi Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Astrapotherium nanum Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Astrapotherium patagonicum Burmeister 1879 [synonym], Listriotherium filholi Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Xylotherium mirabile Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
†Astrapotherium ruderarium Ameghino 1902
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Invalid names: Astrapothericulus laevisculus Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Astrapothericulus minusculus Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Astrapotherium triangulidens Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Parastrapotherium paucum Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Prochalicotherium patagonicum Ameghino 1902 [synonym]
Invalid names: Astrapotherium hespernium Cabrera 1940 [nomen vanum], Listriotherium Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Mesembriotherium Moreno 1882 [synonym], Xylotherium Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
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]
G. †Tonorhinus Ameghino 1904
Subfm. †Uruguaytheriinae Kraglievich 1928
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G. †Hilarcotherium Vallejo-Pareja et al. 2015
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†Hilarcotherium castanedaii Vallejo-Pareja et al. 2015
†Hilarcotherium miyou Carrillo et al. 2018
G. †Xenastrapotherium Kraglievich 1928
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†Xenastrapotherium aequatorialis Johnson and Madden 1997
†Xenastrapotherium amazonense Paula Couto 1976
†Xenastrapotherium chaparralensis Johnson and Madden 1997
†Xenastrapotherium christi Stehlin 1928
†Xenastrapotherium kraglievichi Cabrera 1929
Invalid names: Synastrapotherium Paula Couto 1976 [synonym]
Invalid names: Astrapotheriinae Soria and Alvarenga 1989 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available