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Theosodon lydekkeri

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

Taxonomy
Theosodon lydekkeri was named by Ameghino (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Puesto Estancia La Costa, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Oxyodontherium lydekkeri by Lydekker (1894).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. garrettorum

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Theosodon lydekkeri Ameghino
1891Theosodon lydekkeri Ameghino p. 8
1891Theosodon frenzeli Mercerat
1891Theosodon lallemanti Mercerat
1894Theosodon lydekkeri Ameghino p. 28
1894Oxyodontherium lydekkeri Lydekker p. 62

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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)
familyMacraucheniidae
subfamilyCramaucheniinae()
genusTheosodonAmeghino 1887
specieslydekkeriAmeghino 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.

†Theosodon lydekkeri Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Theosodon frenzeli Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Theosodon lallemanti Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
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: MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Chile Theosodon lallemanti (207601)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Theosodon lallemanti (176591 176599 176601) Theosodon lydekkeri (type locality: 142533 176570)