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Paedotherium kakai

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Paedotherium kakai was named by Reguero et al. (2015). Its type specimen is S.Sal.Scar.Paleo.2012-045, a mandible (right mandibular fragment with p4-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quebrada Peñas Blancas, which is in a Miocene fluvial sandstone in the Palo Pintado Formation of Argentina.

Entered
by J. Carrillo (authorized by C. Jaramillo) on 2018-03-09

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Paedotherium kakai Reguero et al.
2018Paedotherium kakai Vera and Ercoli

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
Hegetotheriidae(Ameghino 1894)
Pachyrukhinae(Kraglievich 1934)
Pachyrukhini
genusPaedotheriumBurmeister 1888
specieskakai

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.

Paedotherium kakai Reguero et al. 2015
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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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Salta) Paedotherium kakai (type locality: 192105 197784)