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Pichipilidae

Osteichthyes - Paucituberculata - Pichipilidae

Taxonomy
Pichipilidae was named by Marshall (1980).

It was reranked as the subfamily Pichipilinae by Goin and Candela (1998).

It was assigned to Caenolestidae by Goin and Candela (1998); to Palaeothentoidea by Goin et al. (2009); and to Paucituberculata by Goin et al. (2010), Abello et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Pichipilidae Marshall
1998Pichipilinae Goin and Candela
2009Pichipilidae Goin et al.
2010Pichipilidae Goin et al.
2012Pichipilidae Abello et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
orderPaucituberculataAmeghino 1894
superfamilyPalaeothentoidea
familyPichipilidaeMarshall 1980
familyPichipilidaeMarshall 1980

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.

Fm. †Pichipilidae Marshall 1980
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G. †Phonocdromus Ameghino 1894
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Phonocdromus gracilis Ameghino 1894
G. †Pichipilus Ameghino 1890
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Pichipilus centinelus Marshall and Pascual 1977
Pichipilus halleuxi Marshall 1990
Pichipilus osborni Ameghino 1890
Pichipilus riggsi Simpson 1932
G. †Quirogalestes Goin and Candela 1998
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Quirogalestes almagaucha Goin and Candela 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Tinguirirican to the top of the Friasian or 36.00000 to 15.50000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Argentina (Río Negro) P. n. gen. (225622)
Tinguirirican36.0 - 29.0Argentina (Chubut) Pichipilidae indet. (176200)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Argentina (Chubut) Pichipilidae indet. (176201)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Chile Pichipilinae indet. (103804)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Phonocdromus gracilis (87314 176565 176570 176594)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Chile (Aisén) Pichipilus halleuxi (139845)