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Paedotherium minor

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Paedotherium minor was named by Cabrera (1937). Its type specimen is MLP 29-IX-I-116, a maxilla (Palatal fragment with right and left I1 and P2-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Paedotherium minor Cabrera p. 17
1937Paedotherium affine Cabrera p. 19
1998Paedotherium minor Cerdeno and Bond p. 804 figs. 7, 8
2018Paedotherium minor 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
speciesminorCabrera 1937

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 minor Cabrera 1937
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Invalid names: Paedotherium affine Cabrera 1937 [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, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Chasicoan to the top of the Huayquerian or 10.00000 to 5.00000 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Salta) Paedotherium minor (197784)
Chasicoan10.0 - 9.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium minor (79180)
Chasicoan10.0 - 9.0Argentina (La Pampa) Paedotherium minor (206264)
Chasicoan - Huayquerian10.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) Paedotherium minor (204494)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Rioja) Paedotherium minor (55596 151506)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium minor (61292 61299 198270 198689 206032)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) Paedotherium minor (87198 140925 151498 151500 152061 152063 192135 192166 204361 204363 204598 206031 206260 206262 211563 230751)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (La Pampa) Paedotherium minor (140932 141939 152067)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium sp. (191774)