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Neolicaphrium recens

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Taxonomy
Neolicaphrium recens was named by Frenguelli (1921). Its type specimen is MLP 34-V-22-12, a mandible (incomplete left mandibular ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Right margin of Río Primero (3.5 km E of Córdoba Station), which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene terrestrial horizon in the Pampean Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Neolicaphrium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Neolicaphrium recens Frenguelli
2001Neolicaphrium recens Bond 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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
orderPanameriungulata
suborderLitopterna(Ameghino 1889)
familyProterotheriidaeAmeghino 1887
genusNeolicaphriumFrenguelli 1921
speciesrecensFrenguelli 1921

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.

†Neolicaphrium recens Frenguelli 1921
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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 17:11:35
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:35
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Lujanian or 0.12900 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Corrientes) Neolicaphrium recens (211638)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Uruguay (Salto) Neolicaphrium recens (211641)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Uruguay Neolicaphrium recens (71274 71325)
Lujanian (interglacial)0.781 - 0.012Uruguay (Salto) Neolicaphrium recens (140159)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Argentina (Córdoba) Neolicaphrium recens (type locality: 211637 211639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Fé) Neolicaphrium recens (190806)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) Neolicaphrium recens (191153)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Neolicaphrium recens (149143)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Uruguay Neolicaphrium recens (211855)