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Xotodon foricurvatus

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Taxonomy
Toxodon foricurvatus was named by Ameghino (1885). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Xotodon foricurvatus by Ameghino (1885), Ameghino (1887), Ameghino (1887), Lydekker (1894).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Toxodon foricurvatus Ameghino p. 70
1885Xotodon foricurvatus Ameghino p. 70
1885Toxodon parvulus Burmeister p. 172
1887Xotodon foricurvatus Ameghino p. 53
1894Xotodon foricurvatus Lydekker p. 21

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
—Eutoxodontia
familyToxodontidae
genusXotodonAmeghino 1887
speciesforicurvatus()

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.

†Xotodon foricurvatus Ameghino 1885
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Invalid names: Toxodon parvulus Burmeister 1885 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:13:23
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:13:23
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Huayquerian to the top of the Lujanian or 8.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) Xotodon foricurvatus (55600)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Entre Ríos) Xotodon foricurvatus (212840)