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Parutaetus chicoensis

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy

Parutaetus chicoensis was named by Ameghino (1902). 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 Parutaetus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Utaetus buccatus by Simpson (1948).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1902	Parutaetus chicoensis Ameghino p. 62
2009	Parutaetus chicoensis Carlini et al.
2010	Parutaetus chicoensis Carlini et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Americatheria
—	Xenarthra	()
order	Cingulata	()
—	Dasypodoidea	(Gray 1821)
family	Dasypodidae	()
subfamily	Euphractinae	Winge 1923
tribe	Euphractini	Winge 1923
genus	Parutaetus
species	chicoensis

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.

†Parutaetus chicoensis Ameghino 1902

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

insectivoref

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-06-08 10:11:09

Modified:

2005-08-22 18:31:05

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Mustersan to the top of the Bartonian or 48.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Mustersan	48.0 - 42.0	Argentina (Chubut)	Parutaetus chicoensis (176194)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Argentina (Chubut)	Parutaetus chicoensis (type locality: 13779 176189)