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Barrancatatus maddeni

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Barrancatatus maddeni was named by Carlini et al. (2010). Its type specimen is MPEF PV 6299B, an osteoderm (several isolated osteoderms), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Cancha, which is in a Tinguirirican terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Barrancatatus maddeni 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
speciesmaddeni

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 maddeni Carlini et al. 2010
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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: Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Tinguirirican or 36.00000 to 29.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tinguirirican36.0 - 29.0Argentina (Chubut) Barrancatatus maddeni (type locality: 176200)