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Hegetotherium novum

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Hegetotherium novum was named by Bordas (1939). Its type specimen is MACN Pv 11749, a skull (skull with right fragmented I1 and I3–M3 and left I2, C–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 was recombined as Prohegetotherium novum by Kramarz and Bond (2017); it was considered a nomen dubium by Seoane et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Hegetotherium novum Bordas
2017Prohegetotherium novum Kramarz and Bond
2019Hegetotherium novum Seoane and Cerdeño

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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)
Hegetotheriinae(Ameghino 1894)
genusHegetotheriumAmeghino 1887
speciesnovumBordas 1939

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.

Hegetotherium novum Bordas 1939
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996

Age range: Colhuehuapian or 21.00000 to 17.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) Hegetotherium novum (type locality: 145897)