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Parutaetus oliveirai

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Parutaetus oliveirai was named by Klimeck et al. (2024). Its type specimen is MCN.P.1317, an osteoderm (fixed osteoderm of the pelvic buckler), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Curitiba, which is in a Bartonian floodplain mudstone/sandstone in the Guabirotuba Formation of Brazil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Parutaetus oliveirai Klimeck et al. p. 3 figs. Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6; Table 1

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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()
Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
subfamilyEuphractinaeWinge 1923
tribeEuphractiniWinge 1923
genusParutaetus
speciesoliveirai

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Parutaetus oliveirai Klimeck et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
T. D. F. Klimeck et al. 2024Anterior portion of the main figure bears 3–6 large surface glandular foramina within a shallow semicircular fossa in the middle region of the osteoderm; piliferous system is restricted to the posterior region and presents 2–8 foramina placed on the posterior border; articulation surface of the area between the osteoderms is flat and full of pronounced, round, and anastomosed projections forming serrated external and medial edges with a median projection (indentations). Fixed osteoderms are larger than those of the other species of the genera.