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Prepoplanops boleadorensis

Osteichthyes - Megatheriidae

Taxonomy
Prepoplanops boleadorensis was named by Carlini et al. (2013). Its type specimen is MLP 97-XI-3-1, a partial skeleton (nearly complete specimen with, skull and mandible with almost all teeth, dorsal vertebra (cervicals, thoracics, lumbars) and ribs, almost complete left scapula,), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 60 km S from Los Antiguos town on Provincial Route 41, which is in a Miocene terrestrial sandstone/tuff in the Cerro Boleadoras Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2013Prepoplanops boleadorensis Carlini et al. figs. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7E
2022Prepoplanops boleadorensis Vizcaíno et al.

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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
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
—Megatheria
familyMegatheriidae()
subfamilyPlanopinaeAmeghino 1887
genusPrepoplanops
speciesboleadorensis

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.

†Prepoplanops boleadorensis Carlini et al. 2013
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-22 16:27:04
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:30:14
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) Prepoplanops boleadorensis (type locality: 204145)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Argentina (Santa Cruz) Prepoplanops boleadorensis (197691)