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Urotherium

Mammalia - Cingulata

Taxonomy
Urotherium was named by Castellanos (1926). It is not extant. Its type is Urotherium simplex.

It was assigned to Plohophorinae by Castellanos (1931); to Glyptodontidae by Carroll (1988); to Lomaphorini by Hoffstetter (1958), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Fernicola (2008); and to Neuryurini by Scillato-Yané et al. (2013).

Species
U. interundatum, U. simile, U. simplex (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Urotherium Castellanos
1931Urotherium Castellanos
1958Urotherium Hoffstetter
1988Urotherium Carroll
1997Urotherium McKenna and Bell p. 89
2008Urotherium Fernicola
2013Urotherium Scillato-Yané 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()
suborderGlyptodontia()
tribeNeuryuriniHoffstetter 1958
genusUrotheriumCastellanos 1926

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.

G. †Urotherium Castellanos 1926
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†Urotherium interundatum Ameghino 1885
†Urotherium simile Castellanos 1948
†Urotherium simplex Castellanos 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available