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Thalassocninae
Taxonomy
Thalassocninae was named by Muizon et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Nothrotheriidae by Muizon et al. (2004); to Nothrotheriidae by Varela et al. (2019); and to Megatheriidae by Amson et al. (2017), Amson et al. (2017), De Los Arcos et al. (2017), Peralta-Prato and Solórzano (2019).
It was assigned to Nothrotheriidae by Muizon et al. (2004); to Nothrotheriidae by Varela et al. (2019); and to Megatheriidae by Amson et al. (2017), Amson et al. (2017), De Los Arcos et al. (2017), Peralta-Prato and Solórzano (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 2004 | Thalassocninae Muizon et al. p. 388 |
| 2017 | Thalassocninae Amson et al. p. 231 figs. Fig. 10 |
| 2017 | Thalassocninae Amson et al. |
| 2017 | Thalassocninae De Los Arcos et al. p. 355 |
| 2019 | Thalassocninae Peralta-Prato and Solórzano p. 696 |
| 2019 | Thalassocninae Varela 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. †Thalassocninae Muizon et al. 2004
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G. †Thalassocnus Muizon and McDonald 1995
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†Thalassocnus antiquus Muizon et al. 2003
†Thalassocnus carolomartini McDonald and Muizon 2002
†Thalassocnus littoralis McDonald and Muizon 2002
†Thalassocnus natans Muizon and McDonald 1995
†Thalassocnus yaucensis Muizon et al. 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum | |||||
| References: Kiessling 2004, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | Peru (Arequipa) | Thalassocnus antiquus (45485) | |
| Tortonian | Peru | Thalassocnus sp. (183918) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Peru | Thalassocnus carolomartini (46083) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Chile (Copiapó) | Thalassocnus sp. (224048) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Argentina (Jujuy) | Thalassocnus sp. (212110) | |
| Messinian | Peru | Dugongidae indet. (131911) Thalassocnus littoralis (13079) | |
| Messinian | Chile (Atacama) | Thalassocnus sp. (55535) | |
| Messinian | Peru (Caraveli) | Thalassocnus natans (46084) | |
| Messinian | Chile | Thalassocnus natans (154642) Thalassocnus sp. (84454) | |
| Zanclean | Peru | Thalassocnus yaucensis (84485) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Chile | Thalassocnus carolomartini (192000 192001) |