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Medistylus dorsatus

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Phanophilus dorsatus was named by Ameghino (1904). It is the type species of Medistylus.

It was recombined as Medistylus dorsatus by Stirton (1952) and Reguero et al. (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Phanophilus dorsatus Ameghino p. 12
1952Medistylus dorsatus Stirton
2007Medistylus dorsatus Reguero 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
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
Hegetotheriidae(Ameghino 1894)
Pachyrukhinae(Kraglievich 1934)
genusMedistylusStirton 1952
speciesdorsatus()

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.

Medistylus dorsatus Ameghino 1904
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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, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

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 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) Medistylus dorsatus (146358) Phanophilus dorsatus, Medistylus dorsatus (type locality: 14211)