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Marambiotherium glacialis

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Marambiotherium glacialis was named by Goin et al. (1999). Its type specimen is MLP 95-I-10-1, a mandible (a fragment of a right mandibular ramus with a complete m4 (Figs. 9A-C) and the posterior alveolus of m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IAA 1/90, which is in a Ypresian estuary/bay horizon in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica. It is the type species of Marambiotherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Marambiotherium glacialis Goin 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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
genusMarambiotherium
speciesglacialis

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.

Marambiotherium glacialis Goin et al. 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica Marambiotherium glacialis (type locality: 100414)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Antarctica Marambiotherium glacialis (153447)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Antarctica Marambiotherium glacialis (173115) Microbiotheriidae indet. (31173)