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Archaeopithecus rogeri

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Archaeopithecidae

Taxonomy
Archaeopithecus rogeri was named by Ameghino (1897). Its type specimen is MACN-A 10816, a maxilla (maxillary fragment with right P1–M2), and 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 Archaeopithecus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Notopithecus fossulatus Ameghino p. 421
1897Archaeopithecus rogeri Ameghino p. 422 fig. 8
1901Archaeopithecus alternans Ameghino p. 359
1901Archaeopithecus rigidus Ameghino p. 359
1902Adpithecus plenus Ameghino p. 8
1904Acropithecus tersus Ameghino p. 4
1904Acropithecus plenus Ameghino p. 5
1967Acropithecus rigidus Simpson
1967Archaeopithecus fossulatus Simpson
1967Archaeopithecus rogeri Simpson
2017Archaeopithecus rogeri Vera

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
familyArchaeopithecidae
genusArchaeopithecus
speciesrogeri

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.

†Archaeopithecus rogeri Ameghino 1897
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Invalid names: Acropithecus tersus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Adpithecus plenus Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Archaeopithecus alternans Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Archaeopithecus rigidus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Notopithecus fossulatus Ameghino 1897 [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 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden et al. 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Riochican to the top of the Bartonian or 57.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Riochican57.0 - 56.0Argentina (Chubut) Archaeopithecus rogeri (13781)
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Acropithecus tersus (176285) Archaeopithecus rogeri (39295 175738 175739 175743 176166)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Argentina (Chubut) Acropithecus rigidus (44956 176165 176170 176172 176173) Archaeopithecus rogeri (133039 176059)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Archaeopithecus alternans, Archaeopithecus rigidus (176164)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Archaeopithecus rogeri (188571 188572)
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) Archaeopithecus rogeri (175761)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Archaeopithecus rogeri (176168 176468) Notopithecus fossulatus, Archaeopithecus rogeri, Adpithecus plenus (type locality: 13779)