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Proplatyarthrus longipes

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Proplatyarthrus longipes was named by Ameghino (1905). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Puesto Almendra, Gran Barranca, Chubut, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Argentina. It is the type species of Proplatyarthrus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1905Proplatyarthrus longipes Ameghino
1948Proplatyarthrus longipes Simpson
1967Proplatyarthrus longipes Simpson

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
—Phyllophaga(Owen 1842)
superfamilyMegalonychoidea
genusProplatyarthrusAmeghino 1905
specieslongipesAmeghino 1905

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.

†Proplatyarthrus longipes Ameghino 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-12 04:21:00
Modified: 2012-05-11 13:21:00
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hasegawa and Otsuka 1979

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Argentina (Chubut) Proplatyarthrus longipes (type locality: 38611)