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Barrancatatus rigidus

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Meteutatus rigidus was named by Ameghino (1902). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mustersan of Patagonia, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

It was recombined as Barrancatatus rigidus by Carlini et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Meteutatus rigidus Ameghino p. 55
1948Meteutatus rigidus Simpson
2010Barrancatatus rigidus Carlini et al.

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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
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
subfamilyEuphractinaeWinge 1923
tribeEutatiniBordas 1933
genusBarrancatatus
speciesrigidus()

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.

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

Age range: base of the Mustersan to the top of the Tinguirirican or 48.00000 to 29.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) Meteutatus rigidus (176286 176290)
Tinguirirican36.0 - 29.0Argentina (Chubut) Barrancatatus rigidus (176200)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Argentina (Chubut) Meteutatus rigidus (38650 38653)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Argentina (Rio Negro) Meteutatus rigidus (38651)