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Progaleopithecus

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Taxonomy
Progaleopithecus was named by Ameghino (1904). Its type is Progaleopithecus fissurellatus.

It was assigned to Galeopithecidae by Ameghino (1904); and to Interatheriidae by Vera et al. (2017).

Species
P. fissurellatus (type species), P. tournoueri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Progaleopithecus Ameghino p. 28
2017Progaleopithecus Vera et al.

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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
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
familyInteratheriidae(Ameghino 1887)
genusProgaleopithecus

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.

G. †Progaleopithecus Ameghino 1904
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†Progaleopithecus tournoueri Ameghino 1904
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: Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. tournoueri (50074)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) P. fissurellatus, P. tournoueri (14211) P. sp., P. tournoueri (146358) P. tournoueri (176467 186602)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Mendoza) P. sp. (176466)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Argentina (Chubut) P. tournoueri (49783)