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Peltateloidea (disused)

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Peltateloidea was named as a suborder.

It was reranked as the superfamily Peltateloidea by Ameghino (1897).

It was assigned to Hicanodontia by Ameghino (1894); to Dasypoda by Ameghino (1897); and to Hicanodonta by Ameghino (1906).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Peltateloidea Ameghino p. 175
1897Peltateloidea Ameghino p. 508
1906Peltateloidea Ameghino p. 91

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
suborderDasypoda
superfamilyPeltateloidea
superfamilyPeltateloidea

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.

Superfm. †Peltateloidea
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:20:40
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:20:40
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988
Collections
No collection or age range data are available