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Glossotherium garbanii

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Taxonomy
Glossotherium garbanii was named by Montellano and Carranza-Castaneda (1981). Its type locality is Rancho Viejo, which is in a Blancan floodplain claystone/ash in the Rancho Viejo Beds Formation of Mexico.

It was recombined as Paramylodon garbanii by Miller and Carranza-Castaneda (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Glossotherium garbanii Montellano and Carranza-Castaneda
1998Paramylodon garbanii Miller and Carranza-Castaneda
2007Glossotherium garbanii McDonald and Naples p. 155

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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
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
familyMylodontidaeAmeghino 1889
subfamilyMylodontinaeGill 1872
genusGlossotheriumOwen 1840
speciesgarbaniiMontellano and Carranza-Castaneda 1981

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.

†Glossotherium garbanii Montellano and Carranza-Castaneda 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available