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Pleurostylodon similis

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata - Isotemnidae

Taxonomy
Pleurostylodon similis was named by Ameghino (1901). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

Entered
by M. Carrano on 2015-02-24; modified by M. Carrano on 2015-07-26

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Pleurostylodon similis Ameghino p. 416
1901Coelostylops crassus Ameghino p. 425
1904Tychostylops simus Ameghino p. 95
1967Pleurostylodon similis 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
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
familyIsotemnidae
genusPleurostylodon
speciessimilis

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.

†Pleurostylodon similis Ameghino 1901
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Invalid names: Coelostylops crassus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Tychostylops simus Ameghino 1904 [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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Pleurostylodon similis (39295 49899 type locality: 176285)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Argentina (Chubut) Pleurostylodon similis (44956 176170 176172 176173 176174)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Coelostylops crassus (176164)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Pleurostylodon similis (49900) Tychostylops simus (13779)