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Valgipes bucklandi

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Discussion

Holotype: A holotype was not formally designated. Hoffstetter

(1954) noted that the right dentary figured by Lund (1839c:pl.

10, fig. 3) is the type of the species.

Taxonomy
Megalonyx bucklandi was named by Lund (1839). It is the type species of Valgipes.

It was recombined as Valgipes bucklandi by Cartelle et al. (2009).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Platyonyx bucklandi Lund p. 196
1874Valgipes deformis Gervais
2009Valgipes bucklandi Cartelle et al.

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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
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
familyMylodontidaeAmeghino 1889
subfamilyScelidotheriinaeAmeghino 1889
genusValgipesGervais 1874
speciesbucklandi(Lund 1839)

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.

†Valgipes bucklandi Lund 1839
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Invalid names: Platyonyx bucklandi Lund 1842 [replaced], Valgipes deformis Gervais 1874 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
Calcaneum height391.885.0101.090.08.19
Rostrum height486.083.090.085.52.94
Skull height4113.8101.0130.0113.012.4

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-22 16:27:29
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:30:22
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene (glacial)2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Valgipes deformis (140474)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) Valgipes bucklandi (212567)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Valgipes bucklandi (212448 212449)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Minas Gerais) Valgipes bucklandi (212719)