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Phobereotherium silvaticum

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Taxonomy
Adinotherium silvaticum was named by Mercerat (1891).

It was recombined as Nesodon sylvaticum by Lydekker (1893); it was recombined as Phobereotherium silvaticum by Ameghino (1894) and Scott (1912).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Adinotherium silvaticum Mercerat
1893Nesodon sylvaticum Lydekker
1894Phobereotherium silvaticum Ameghino p. 25
1912Phobereotherium silvaticum Scott

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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
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
Eutoxodontia
familyToxodontidae
subfamilyNesodontinae(Murray 1866)
genusPhobereotheriumAmeghino 1887
speciessilvaticum(Mercerat 1891)

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.

Phobereotherium silvaticum Mercerat 1891
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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 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden et al. 1996
Collections
No collection or age range data are available