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Trachytheriinae (disused)

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae

Taxonomy
Trachytheridae was named by Ameghino (1889). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Trachytherinae by Simpson et al. (1962); it was reranked as the subfamily Trachytheriinae by Shockey et al. (2009), Reguero and Prevosti (2010).

It was assigned to Typotheria by Ameghino (1894); and to Mesotheriidae by Simpson et al. (1962), Shockey et al. (2009), Reguero and Prevosti (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Trachytheridae Ameghino
1894Trachytheridae Ameghino p. 20
1962Trachytherinae Simpson et al.
2009Trachytheriinae Shockey et al.
2010Trachytheriinae Reguero and Prevosti

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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
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
familyMesotheriidaeAlston 1876
subfamilyTrachytheriinae(Ameghino 1889)
subfamilyTrachytheriinae(Ameghino 1889)

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.

Subfm. †Trachytheriinae Ameghino 1889
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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: MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Deseadan or 29.00000 to 21.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Peru (Moquegua) Trachytheriinae indet. (176469)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) Trachytheriinae indet. (176465)