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Astraponotus thompsoni

Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae

Taxonomy
Megalophodon thompsoni was named by Roth (1904). Its type specimen is MLP 12-2181, a tooth (upper molar), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lago Musters, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

It was recombined as Astraponotus thompsoni by Simpson (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Megalophodon thompsoni Roth p. 136
1904Megalophodon thompsoni Roth p. 136
1967Astraponotus thompsoni Simpson

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderAstrapotheria
familyAstrapotheriidaeAmeghino 1887
genusAstraponotus
speciesthompsoni()

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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Diagnosis
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