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Pyrotheriidae

Mammalia - Pyrotheriidae

Taxonomy

Pyrotheriidae was named by Ameghino (1889). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Proboscidea by Lydekker (1894); and to Pyrotheria by Ameghino (1897), Gregory (1910), Simpson (1934), Simpson (1967), Carroll (1988).

Subtaxa

Baguatherium, Colombitherium, Promoeritherium, Promoeritherium australe, Propyrotherium, Proticia, Ricardowenia

Synonyms

Promoeritherium was named by Ameghino (1906).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Simpson (1967).
Promoeritherium australe was named by Ameghino (1906). Its type specimen is MACN 10903, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mustersan of Gran Barranca, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Simpson (1967).
Colombitheriidae was named by Hoffstetter (1970). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pyrotheriidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

It was assigned to Pyrotheria by Carroll (1988).
Carolozittelidae was named by Ameghino (1901). Its type is Carolozittelia.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pyrotheriidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

It was assigned to Pyrotheria by Ameghino (1901).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1889	Pyrotheriidae Ameghino
1894	Pyrotheriidae Lydekker p. 4
1897	Pyrotheriidae Ameghino p. 441
1901	Carolozittelidae Ameghino p. 391
1906	Promoeritherium Ameghino pp. 333, 336, 470
1906	Promoeritherium australe Ameghino p. 333 fig. 160
1910	Pyrotheriidae Gregory p. 466
1934	Pyrotheriidae Simpson
1967	Pyrotheriidae Simpson
1970	Colombitheriidae Hoffstetter p. 155
1988	Colombitheriidae Carroll
1988	Pyrotheriidae Carroll

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida

Rank	Name	Author
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Afrotheria	Stanhope et al. 1998
—	Paenungulatomorpha
superorder	Paenungulata
—	Sudamericungulata
suborder	Pyrotheria	Ameghino 1895
family	Pyrotheriidae	Ameghino 1889
family	Pyrotheriidae	Ameghino 1889

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. †Pyrotheriidae Ameghino 1889

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G. †Baguatherium Salas et al. 2006

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†Baguatherium jaureguii Salas et al. 2006

G. †Colombitherium Hoffstetter 1970

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†Colombitherium tolimense Hoffstetter 1970

G. †Propyrotherium Ameghino 1901

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†Propyrotherium saxeum Ameghino 1901

Invalid names: Carolozittelidae Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Colombitheriidae Hoffstetter 1970 [synonym], Promoeritherium Ameghino 1906 [nomen dubium], Promoeritherium australe Ameghino 1906 [nomen dubium]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available