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Hegetotheriopsis sulcatus

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Hegetotheriopsis sulcatus was named by Kramarz and Paz (2013). Its type specimen is MACN Pv CH2015, a partial skull (porción izquierda de rostro y paladar con P1-M3.), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bryn Gwyn (Sarmiento Fm), which is in a Colhuehuapian terrestrial mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Hegetotheriopsis.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Hegetotheriopsis sulcatus Kramarz and Paz

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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
orderNotoungulata
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
—Hegetotheriidae(Ameghino 1894)
genusHegetotheriopsis
speciessulcatus

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.

†Hegetotheriopsis sulcatus Kramarz and Paz 2013
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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: MacFadden et al. 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Deseadan to the top of the Colhuehuapian or 29.00000 to 17.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) Hegetotheriopsis sulcatus (14211)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Mendoza) Hegetotheriopsis sulcatus (176466)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Neuquén) Hegetotheriopsis sulcatus (89027)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) Hegetotheriopsis sulcatus (type locality: 145897)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Río Negro) Hegetotheriopsis sulcatus (89093)