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Caroloameghinia mater

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Caroloameghinia mater was named by Ameghino (1901). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Caroloameghinia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. intermedia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Caroloameghinia mater Ameghino p. 355
1948Caroloameghinia mater Simpson

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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()
—Peradectidae(Crochet 1979)
subfamilyCaroloameghiniinae()
genusCaroloameghinia
speciesmater

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.

†Caroloameghinia mater Ameghino 1901
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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: 2011-04-28 22:06:26
Modified: 2011-04-28 07:06:26
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Horovitz et al. 2009, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the Casamayoran to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Caroloameghinia mater (176285)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Chubut) Caroloameghinia mater (type locality: 13779 176167 176169 176186)