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Pseudoglyptodon chilensis

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Pseudoglyptodon chilensis was named by McKenna et al. (2006). Its type specimen is SGO PV 2995, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tinguiririca Locality Sets 1 & 2, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial volcaniclastic in the Abanico Formation of Chile.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Pseudoglyptodon chilensis McKenna et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
—Phyllophaga(Owen 1842)
genusPseudoglyptodon
specieschilensis

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.

†Pseudoglyptodon chilensis McKenna et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-12 04:21:00
Modified: 2012-05-11 13:21:00
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Hasegawa and Otsuka 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Argentina (Chubut) Pseudoglyptodon chilensis (186572)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Chile Pseudoglyptodon sp. (type locality: 38072)