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Eoastrapostylops riolorense

Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Eoastrapostylopidae

Taxonomy
Eoastrapostylops riolorense was named by Soria and Powell (1981). Its type specimen is PVL 4216, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aguas Chiquitas, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Río Loro Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Eoastrapostylops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Eoastrapostylops riolorense Soria and Powell p. 160

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
PaenungulataSimpson 1945
Sudamericungulata
orderAstrapotheria
familyEoastrapostylopidae
genusEoastrapostylops
speciesriolorense

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.

Eoastrapostylops riolorense Soria and Powell 1981
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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 17:11:22
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:22
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden et al. 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 58.70000 to 55.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Argentina (Tucumán) Eoastrapostylops riolorense (type locality: 41607)