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Xotodon caravela

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Taxonomy
Xotodon caravela was named by Armella et al. (2018). Its type specimen is PVL 6579, an other (Maxillary fragment and nearly complete mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is El Molino, which is in a Messinian/Zanclean terrestrial sandstone in Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Xotodon caravela Armella et al.

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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
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
—Eutoxodontia
familyToxodontidae
genusXotodonAmeghino 1887
speciescaravela

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.

†Xotodon caravela Armella et al. 2018
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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: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:13:23
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:13:23
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Zanclean or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Argentina (Tucumán) Xotodon caravela (type locality: 201725)