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Stenotephanos speciosus

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Taxonomy
Stenotephanos speciosus was named by Ameghino (1887).

It was recombined as Hyperoxotodon speciosus by Ameghino (1887), Mercerat (1895) and Hernández Del Pino (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Hyperoxotodon speciosus Ameghino
1887Stenotephanos speciosus Ameghino
1894Stenotephanos speciosus Ameghino p. 25
1894Stenotephanos speciosus Lydekker p. 24
1895Hyperoxotodon speciosus Mercerat
2018Hyperoxotodon speciosus Hernández Del Pino p. 330

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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
genusStenotephanosAmeghino 1886
speciesspeciosusAmeghino 1887

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.

Stenotephanos speciosus Ameghino 1887
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available