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Paedotherium bonaerense

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Pachyrucos bonaeriensis was named by Ameghino (1887). Its type specimen is MACN 1184, a maxilla (palatal fragment with incisors and two rows of cheek teeth), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Paedotherium bonaerense by Cerdeno and Bond (1998) and Vera and Ercoli (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Pachyrucos bonaeriensis Ameghino p. 58
1888Paedotherium insigne Burmeister p. 179
1908Pachyrucos maximus Ameghino p. 422
1908Pachyrucos miramarensis Ameghino p. 422
1914Pachyrucos miramarensis Rovereto p. 181
1926Paedotherium imperforatum Kraglievich p. 52
1936Paedotherium isolinense Castellanos
1998Paedotherium bonaerense Cerdeno and Bond p. 801 figs. 2-4,8
2018Paedotherium bonaerense Vera and Ercoli

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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
—Hegetotheriidae(Ameghino 1894)
—Pachyrukhinae(Kraglievich 1934)
—Pachyrukhini
genusPaedotheriumBurmeister 1888
speciesbonaerense()

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.

†Paedotherium bonaerense Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Pachyrucos maximus Ameghino 1908 [synonym], Pachyrucos miramarensis Ameghino 1908 [synonym], Paedotherium imperforatum Kraglievich 1926 [synonym], Paedotherium insigne Burmeister 1888 [synonym], Paedotherium isolinense Castellanos 1936 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Lujanian or 5.33300 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium bonaerense (61300 61304 61306 198868)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium sp. (191768)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium bonaerense (191775 191776)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium bonaerense (152062 152081 152084 152085 152087 152088 198684 198685 198686 198687 198863) Paedotherium insigne (145757)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Córdoba) Paedotherium bonaerense (197904)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium insigne (198699)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (San Luis) Paedotherium insigne (152073)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium sp. (199160)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Córdoba) Paedotherium isolinense (211573)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium insigne (202096)