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Parastrapotherium crassum

Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae

Taxonomy
Parastrapotherium crassum was named by Ameghino (1902). Its type specimen is MACN A 52-526, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gran Barranca, which is in an Eocene/Miocene terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Parastrapotherium crassum Ameghino
2008Parastrapotherium crassum Kramarz and Bond

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
—PaenungulataSimpson 1945
—Sudamericungulata
orderAstrapotheria
familyAstrapotheriidaeAmeghino 1887
genusParastrapotheriumAmeghino 1895
speciescrassumAmeghino 1902

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.

†Parastrapotherium crassum Ameghino 1902
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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 17:11:22
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:22
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 47.80000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene47.8 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) Parastrapotherium crassum (type locality: 176461)