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Hegetotherium mirabile

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Hegetotherium mirabile was named by Ameghino (1887). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MACN A 631–632, a maxilla (associated specimens including right maxilla preserving I1–M3, where I1–2–3 and P1 are broken, and fragment of left I1; and partial left dentary bearing p2–m3).

It was synonymized subjectively with Hegetotherium strigatum by Lydekker (1894).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Hegetotherium mirabile Ameghino
1887Hegetotherium strigatum Ameghino
1891Hegetotherium anceps Ameghino
1891Hegetotherium convexum Ameghino
1891Hegetotherium costatum Ameghino p. 5
1891Hegetotherium cuneatum Ameghino p. 5
1894Hegetotherium anceps Ameghino p. 19
1894Hegetotherium convexum Ameghino p. 19
1894Hegetotherium costatum Ameghino p. 19
1894Hegetotherium cuneatum Ameghino p. 19
1894Hegetotherium minum Ameghino p. 19
1894Hegetotherium mirabile Ameghino p. 19
1894Hegetotherium strigatum Ameghino p. 19
1894Selatherium pachymorphum Ameghino p. 20
1894Selatherium remissum Ameghino p. 20
1894Hegetotherium strigatum Lydekker p. 8
1898Hegetotherium andinum Roth p. 34
2004Hegetotherium mirabile Croft et al. p. 33
2022Hegetotherium mirabile Vizcaíno 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
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
—PaenungulataSimpson 1945
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
—Hegetotheriidae(Ameghino 1894)
—Hegetotheriinae(Ameghino 1894)
genusHegetotheriumAmeghino 1887
speciesmirabileAmeghino 1887

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.

†Hegetotherium mirabile Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Hegetotherium anceps Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Hegetotherium andinum Roth 1898 [synonym], Hegetotherium convexum Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Hegetotherium costatum Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Hegetotherium cuneatum Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Hegetotherium minum Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Hegetotherium strigatum Ameghino 1887 [synonym], Selatherium pachymorphum Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Selatherium remissum Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 14.23 kgs
Minimum body mass: 14.23 kgs
Body mass estimate: 14.23 kg
Body mass source: publisheds
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-04-14 01:34:17
Modified: 2013-04-13 10:34:17
Source: s = species, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, Vizcaíno et al. 2010

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Argentina (Santa Cruz) Hegetotherium mirabile (197691)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Hegetotherium mirabile (27313 142533 176588 176589 176590 176600 176602 176603 176641 206234 206242 210153 210638)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Chile Hegetotherium mirabile (103804)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (San Juan) Hegetotherium mirabile (197899)