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Pliomorphus
Taxonomy
Pliomorphus was named by Ameghino (1885). Its type is Pliomorphus mutilatus.
It was assigned to Rodimorpha by Ameghino (1885) and Cope (1889); to Ortotheriinae by Brandoni (2008); and to Megalonychidae by Brandoni (2011) and Varela et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Rodimorpha by Ameghino (1885) and Cope (1889); to Ortotheriinae by Brandoni (2008); and to Megalonychidae by Brandoni (2011) and Varela et al. (2019).
Species
P. mutilatus (syn. P. ameghinoi, P. brevis) (type species), P. robustus
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1885 | Pliomorphus Ameghino p. 126 |
| 1889 | Pliomorphus Cope p. 660 |
| 2008 | Pliomorphus Brandoni |
| 2011 | Pliomorphus Brandoni p. 36 |
| 2019 | Pliomorphus Varela et al. |
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G. †Pliomorphus Ameghino 1885
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†Pliomorphus mutilatus Ameghino 1885
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Invalid names: Pliomorphus ameghinoi Kraglievich 1923 [synonym], Pliomorphus brevis Kraglievich 1923 [synonym]
†Pliomorphus robustus Ameghino 1885
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available