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Othnielmarshia lacunifera

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata - Henricosborniidae

Taxonomy
Othnielmarshia lacunifera was named by Ameghino (1901). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina. It is the type species of Othnielmarshia.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2015-02-05

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Othnielmarshia lacunifera Ameghino p. 358
1948Othnielmarshia lacunifera Simpson

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
familyHenricosborniidae()
genusOthnielmarshia
specieslacunifera

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.

†Othnielmarshia lacunifera Ameghino 1901
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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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Argentina (Chubut) Othnielmarshia lacunifera (44956 176059 176165 176170 176172)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Othnielmarshia lacunifera (type locality: 176164)