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Argyrohyrax proavus

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Taxonomy
Argyrohyrax proavus was named by Ameghino (1897). Its type specimen is MACN A52-472, a partial skull (Palate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cabeza Blanca, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial shale/claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Argyrohyrax.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Clorinda cliva Ameghino
1897Argyrohyrax proavunculus Ameghino
1897Argyrohyrax proavus Ameghino p. 436
1897Plagiarthrus clivus Ameghino p. 437
1901Notohyrax conicus Ameghino p. 362
1999Plagiarthrus proavunculus Reguero

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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
familyInteratheriidae(Ameghino 1887)
genusArgyrohyrax
speciesproavus

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.

†Argyrohyrax proavus Ameghino 1897
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Invalid names: Argyrohyrax proavunculus Ameghino 1897 [synonym], Notohyrax conicus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Plagiarthrus cliva Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
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: Chattian or 27.30000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Plagiarthrus cliva, Argyrohyrax proavunculus (50074)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) Argyrohyrax proavunculus (49851) Argyrohyrax proavus (49849 92670 146358 186601 186602) Plagiarthrus cliva, Argyrohyrax proavus, Argyrohyrax proavunculus (type locality: 14211)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Mendoza) Argyrohyrax proavus (176466)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Corrientes) Argyrohyrax proavus (181625) Interatheriinae indet. (181626)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Argentina (Chubut) Argyrohyrax proavus (49783)