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Martinmiguelia fernandezi

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae

Taxonomy
Martinmiguelia fernandezi was named by Bond and López (1995). Its type specimen is MLP 72-IV-5-2, a partial skull (fragment of left maxilla with com- plete I1-I3 and P2-M2, and right M2-M3; fragment of right mandible with m3 poorly preserved.), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Confluence of the Laguna and Casa Grande Rivers, Casa Grande Formation, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in the Casa Grande Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Martinmiguelia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1995Martinmiguelia fernandezi Bond and López
2011Martinmiguelia fernandezi Powell et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
PaenungulataSimpson 1945
Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
Eutoxodontia
familyLeontiniidaeAmeghino 1894
genusMartinmiguelia
speciesfernandezi

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.

Martinmiguelia fernandezi Bond and López 1995
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Jujuy) Martinmiguelia fernandezi (type locality: 176665)