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Palaeothentinae
Taxonomy
Palaeothentinae is a subfamily.
It was assigned to Caenolestidae by Patterson and Marshall (1978); and to Palaeothentidae by Rae and Bown (1996), Flynn et al. (2002), Engelman et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Caenolestidae by Patterson and Marshall (1978); and to Palaeothentidae by Rae and Bown (1996), Flynn et al. (2002), Engelman et al. (2017).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Palaeothentinae Patterson and Marshall |
| 1996 | Palaeothentinae Rae and Bown |
| 2002 | Palaeothentinae Flynn et al. p. 292 |
| 2017 | Palaeothentinae Engelman et al. |
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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.
Subfm. †Palaeothentinae
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G. †Propalaeothentes Bown and Fleagle 1993
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†Propalaeothentes hatcheri Bown and Fleagle 1993
†Propalaeothentes lepidus Bown and Fleagle 1993
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 37.71000 to 11.63000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Eocene | Peru (San Martín) | Palaeothentinae indet. 1 (225589) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Peru | Palaeothentinae indet. 2 (199562) | |
| Deseadan | Bolivia (La Paz) | Palaeothentinae indet. (133596) | |
| Deseadan | Argentina (Chubut) | Epanorthus chubutensis, Palaeothentes chubutensis (14211) | |
| Deseadan | Bolivia | Palaeothentinae indet. (95688) | |
| Burdigalian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Propalaeothentes lepidus (59320) | |
| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Propalaeothentes lepidus (59334 176570) Propalaeothentes lepidus, Propalaeothentes hatcheri (144940) | |
| Middle Miocene | Brazil (Acre) | Palaeothentinae indet. (232445 232446) |