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Palaeopeltidae

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Palaeopeltidae

Taxonomy
Palaeopeltidae was named by Ameghino (1894). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Glyptodontia by Ameghino (1894); to Glyptodontia by Ameghino (1897); to Dasypodoidea by Carroll (1988); and to Glyptodontoidea by Castellanos (1959), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Kouvari on 2019-11-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Palaeopeltidae Ameghino
1897Palaeopeltidae Ameghino p. 506
1959Palaeopeltidae Castellanos
1988Palaeopeltidae Carroll
1997Palaeopeltidae McKenna and Bell p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
suborderGlyptodontia()
superfamilyGlyptodontoideaGray 1869
familyPalaeopeltidaeAmeghino 1894
familyPalaeopeltidaeAmeghino 1894

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. †Palaeopeltidae Ameghino 1894
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G. †Palaeopeltis Ameghino 1895
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Palaeopeltis inornatus Ameghino 1894
Palaeopeltis tesseratus Ameghino 1902
Invalid names: Pseudorophodon Hoffestter 1954 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available