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Mesungulatoidea

Mammalia - Meridiolestida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Mesungulatoidea Rougier et al. p. S13
2021Mesungulatoidea Martinelli et al.
2025Mesungulatoidea Agnolin et al. p. 231

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Dryolestoidea(Butler 1939)
orderMeridiolestida
—Mesungulatoidea
—Mesungulatoidea

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.

Unr. †Mesungulatoidea Rougier et al. 2011
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Fm. †Mesungulatidae Bonaparte 1986
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G. †Coloniatherium Rougier et al. 2009
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†Coloniatherium cilinskii Rougier et al. 2009
G. †Mesungulatum Bonaparte and Soria 1985
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†Mesungulatum houssayi Bonaparte and Soria 1985
†Mesungulatum lamarquensis Rougier et al. 2009
Invalid names: Quirogatherium Bonaparte 1990 [synonym]
G. †Orretherium Martinelli et al. 2021
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†Orretherium tzen Martinelli et al. 2021
G. †Peligrotherium Bonaparte et al. 1993
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†Peligrotherium tropicalis Bonaparte et al. 1993
G. †Reigitherium Bonaparte 1990
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†Reigitherium bunodontum Bonaparte 1990
Invalid names: Peligrotheriidae Bonaparte et al. 1993 [empty], Reigitheriidae Bonaparte 1990 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Kiessling 2004, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Luo et al. 2003

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Danian or 83.60000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2Argentina (Neuquén) Mesungulatidae indet. (84310)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2Argentina (Río Negro) Mesungulatoidea indet. (239490)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Chile (Última Esperanza) Orretherium tzen (210648)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Argentina (Río Negro) Mesungulatum houssayi, Mesungulatidae indet. (45087) Mesungulatum lamarquensis (48999 235138) Reigitherium bunodonta, Quirogatherium major (231686)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Mesungulatoidea indet. (206968)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Coloniatherium cilinskii (121188 121189) Coloniatherium cilinskii, Reigitherium bunodontum (121187) Reigitherium bunodontum (36447 193738)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Peligrotherium tropicalis (95914)