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Pampatherium mexicanum

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae

Taxonomy
Pampatherium mexicanum was named by Edmund (1996). Its type specimen is INAH 6201 D.P., an osteoderm (22 osteoderms probably from the posterior buckler of a single individual), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Valsequillo Reservoir, which is in a Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. humboldti, P. humboldti, P. occidentale, P. typum, P. typum, P. typum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Pampatherium mexicanum Edmund p. 310
2007Pampatherium mexicanum Mead et al. p. 444

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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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
suborderGlyptodontia()
superfamilyGlyptodontoideaGray 1869
familyPampatheriidaePaula Couto 1954
genusPampatheriumAmeghino 1875
speciesmexicanum

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.

†Pampatherium mexicanum Edmund 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available