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Prepotherinae

Mammalia - Megatheriidae

Taxonomy
Prepotheridae was named by Ameghino (1894).

It was reranked as the subfamily Prepotherinae by Ameghino (1904).

It was assigned to Gravigrada by Ameghino (1894); and to Megatheriidae by Ameghino (1904).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Prepotheridae Ameghino p. 161
1904Prepotherinae Ameghino p. 131

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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
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
—Megatheria
familyMegatheriidae()
subfamilyPrepotherinae()
subfamilyPrepotherinae()

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.

Subfm. †Prepotherinae Ameghino 1894
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G. †Prepotheriops Ameghino 1904
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†Prepotheriops megatheroides Ameghino 1904
G. †Proprepotherium Ameghino 1904
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†Proprepotherium deseadense Ameghino 1904
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-22 16:27:04
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:30:14
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (San Juan) Prepotheridae indet. (197900)