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Astrapothericulus emarginatus

Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae

Taxonomy

Astrapothericulus emarginatus was named by Ameghino (1904) [Tipo del sinónimo. MACN A 52-416, holotipo de Astrapothericulus peninsulatus, un molar superior aislado (figurado en Ameghino, 1904b:fig.326).]. Its type specimen is MACN A 52-423, a set of teeth (molar superior aislado), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonyms

Astrapothericulus peninsulatus was named by Ameghino (1904).

It was synonymized subjectively with Astrapothericulus emarginatus by Kramarz (2009).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Astrapothericulus emarginatus Ameghino p. 82
1904	Astrapothericulus peninsulatus Ameghino p. 83

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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
—	Afrotheria	Stanhope et al. 1998
—	Paenungulatomorpha
superorder	Paenungulata
—	Sudamericungulata
order	Astrapotheria
family	Astrapotheriidae	Ameghino 1887
genus	Astrapothericulus
species	emarginatus

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.

†Astrapothericulus emarginatus Ameghino 1904

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Invalid names: Astrapothericulus peninsulatus 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 17:11:22

Modified:

2009-01-05 19:11:22

Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996

Collections

No collection or age range data are available