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Pternoconius

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Macraucheniidae

Taxonomy
Pternoconius was named by Cifelli and Soria (1983). Its type is Pternoconius polymorphoides.

It was assigned to Cramaucheniinae by Cifelli and Soria (1983) and Schmidt and Ferrero (2014).

Species
P. bondi, P. polymorphoides (type species), P. tournoueri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Pternoconius Cifelli and Soria
2014Pternoconius Schmidt and Ferrero

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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
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
orderPanameriungulata
suborderLitopterna(Ameghino 1889)
familyMacraucheniidae
subfamilyCramaucheniinae()
genusPternoconiusCifelli and Soria 1983

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.

G. †Pternoconius Cifelli and Soria 1983
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†Pternoconius bondi Cheme-Arriaga et al. 2016
†Pternoconius polymorphoides Cifelli and Soria 1983
†Pternoconius tournoueri Soria and Hoffstetter 1985
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 17:11:35
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:35
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Colhuehuapian or 21.00000 to 17.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) P. bondi (201746) P. tournoueri (141368)