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Valgipes

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Taxonomy
Valgipes was named by Gervais (1874). It is not extant. Its type is Valgipes bucklandi.

It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Hoffstetter (1954); and to Scelidotheriinae by Cartelle et al. (2008) and Varela et al. (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Myrmecophaga gigantea Lund p. 571
1874Valgipes Gervais
1954Valgipes Hoffstetter
2008Valgipes Cartelle et al. p. 337
2019Valgipes Varela et al.

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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
subfamilyScelidotheriinaeAmeghino 1889
genusValgipesGervais 1874

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.

G. †Valgipes Gervais 1874
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†Valgipes bucklandi Lund 1839
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Invalid names: Platyonyx bucklandi Lund 1842 [replaced], Valgipes deformis Gervais 1874 [synonym]
Invalid names: Myrmecophaga gigantea Lund 1839 [nomen nudum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
Calcaneum height391.885.0101.090.08.19
Rostrum height486.083.090.085.52.94
Skull height4113.8101.0130.0113.012.4

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-22 16:27:29
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:30:22
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene (glacial)2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) V. deformis (140474)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) V. bucklandi (212567)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) V. bucklandi (212719)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) V. bucklandi (212448 212449)