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Epipeltephilus caraguensis

Mammalia - Cingulata

Taxonomy
Epipeltephilus caraguensis was named by Montoya-Sanhueza et al. (2017). Its type specimen is SGO-PV 21102, an osteoderm, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 2.5 km south of Caragua, which is in a Tortonian terrestrial sandstone in the Huaylas Formation of Chile.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Epipeltephilus caraguensis Montoya-Sanhueza et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
—Peltephilidae()
genusEpipeltephilus
speciescaraguensis

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.

†Epipeltephilus caraguensis Montoya-Sanhueza et al. 2017
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available