PBDB Taxon

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Archaeosimos

Mammalia - Diprotodontia

Taxonomy

Archaeosimos was named by Prideaux (2004). Its type is Archaeosimos cegsai.

It was assigned to Simosthenurini by Prideaux (2004).

Species

A. cegsai (type species), A. correlli

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2004	Archaeosimos Prideaux p. 64

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
subclass	Metatheria	()
—	Marsupialiformes
—	Marsupialia	()
—	Australidelphia	Szalay 1982
order	Diprotodontia	Owen 1866
suborder	Phalangerida	Aplin and Archer 1987
superfamily	Macropodoidea
subfamily	Sthenurinae	Glauert 1926
tribe	Simosthenurini
genus	Archaeosimos

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. †Archaeosimos Prideaux 2004

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†Archaeosimos cegsai Pledge 1992

†Archaeosimos correlli Prideaux 2004

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 20.44000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.44 - 13.82	Australia (Victoria)	A. sp. (46164)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene	11.608 - 3.6	Australia (South Australia)	A. cegsai, A. correlli (136228)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Australia (South Australia)	A. sp. (135761)