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Altitypotherium chucalensis

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae

Taxonomy
Altitypotherium chucalensis was named by Croft et al. (2004). Its type specimen is SGOPV 4100, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Altitypotherium chucalensis Croft et al. p. 20 figs. 9, 11

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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
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
PaenungulataSimpson 1945
Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
familyMesotheriidaeAlston 1876
subfamilyMesotheriinaeAlston 1876
tribeBolivarini
genusAltitypotherium
specieschucalensis

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.

Altitypotherium chucalensis Croft et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 4.66 kgs
Minimum body mass: 4.66 kgs
Body mass estimate: 4.66 kg
Body mass source: publisheds
Environment: terrestrials
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-02-16 08:41:18
Modified: 2013-02-15 15:41:18
Source: s = species, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Croft et al. 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden et al. 1996

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 - 16.3Chile Altitypotherium chucalensis (103804)