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Comaphorus

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae

Taxonomy
Comaphorus was named by Ameghino (1886).

It was assigned to Doedicuridae by Ameghino (1889); to Doedicurinae by Hoffstetter (1958), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Doedicurini by Fernicola (2008).

Species
C. concisus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Comaphorus Ameghino p. 197
1889Comaphorus Ameghino
1958Comaphorus Hoffstetter
1997Comaphorus McKenna and Bell p. 90
2008Comaphorus Fernicola

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
orderCingulata()
suborderGlyptodontia()
superfamilyGlyptodontoideaGray 1869
familyGlyptodontidaeBurmeister 1879
subfamilyGlyptodontinaeGray 1869
tribeDoedicuriniAmeghino 1889
genusComaphorusAmeghino 1886

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. †Comaphorus Ameghino 1886
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†Comaphorus concisus Ameghino 1886
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, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Huayquerian or 8.00000 to 5.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) C. concisus (55600)