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Notostylops murinus

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notostylopidae

Taxonomy
Notostylops murinus was named by Ameghino (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Notostylops.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Notostylops murinus Ameghino p. 489
1897Anastylops vallatus Ameghino p. 490
1901Notostylops complexus Ameghino p. 423
1901Notostylops escaridus Ameghino p. 423
1901Notostylops irregularis Ameghino p. 423–424
1901Pliostylops magnificus Ameghino p. 424
1901Entelostylops completus Ameghino p. 428
1901Entelostylops tripartitus Ameghino p. 428
1902Dimerostephanos chicoensis Ameghino p. 31
1902Notostylops chicoensis Ameghino p. 31
1902Notostylops ampullaceus Ameghino p. 32
1902Notostylops aspectans Ameghino p. 32
1902Isostylops fretus Ameghino p. 33
1904Notostylops brachycephalus Ameghino p. 97–98
1904Notostylops promurinus Ameghino p. 98
1948Notostylops murinus Simpson

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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
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
—PaenungulataSimpson 1945
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
familyNotostylopidae
genusNotostylops
speciesmurinus

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.

†Notostylops murinus Ameghino 1897
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Invalid names: Anastylops vallatus Ameghino 1897 [synonym], Dimerostephanos chicoensis Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Entelostylops completus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Entelostylops tripartitus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Isostylops fretus Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Notostylops ampullaceus Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Notostylops aspectans Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Notostylops brachycephalus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Notostylops chicoensis Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Notostylops complexus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Notostylops escaridus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Notostylops irregularis Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Notostylops promurinus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Pliostylops magnificus Ameghino 1901 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996

Age range: base of the Casamayoran to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Notostylops murinus (50066)
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Anastylops vallatus, Notostylops escaridus, Notostylops complexus, Notostylops irregularis, Pliostylops magnificus, Dimerostephanos chicoensis, Notostylops brachycephalus (176285) Notostylops murinus (176491)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Argentina (Chubut) Entelostylops tripartitus, Notostylops aspectans (176164)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Chubut) Notostylops murinus (49900 176169 176175 176180 176181 176182 176184 176185 176186) Notostylops murinus, Entelostylops completus, Notostylops chicoensis, Isostylops fretus, Notostylops promurinus (type locality: 13779) Notostylops murinus, Notostylops ampullaceus (176163)