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Typotheriodon

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Mesotheriidae

Taxonomy

Typotheriodon was named by Cabrera (1939).

It was assigned to Mesotheriinae by Simpson (1945).

Species

T. grandis

Synonyms

Typotheriodon grandis was named by Cabrera (1937). Its type specimen is MLP 37-lII-7-9, a mandible ('Gn fragmento de rama mandibular dcrecha, con plll ,-IIl" algo rotos.), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Pseudotypotherium pulchrum by Fernández-Monescillo et al. (2022); it was considered a nomen dubium by Fernández-Monescillo et al. (2023).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1937	Typotheriodon grandis Cabrera
1939	Typotheriodon Cabrera
1939	Typotheriodon grandis Cabrera
1945	Typotheriodon Simpson

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Afrotheria	Stanhope et al. 1998
—	Paenungulatomorpha
superorder	Paenungulata
—	Sudamericungulata
order	Notoungulata
suborder	Typotheria	Zittel 1892
family	Mesotheriidae	Alston 1876
subfamily	Mesotheriinae	Alston 1876
genus	Typotheriodon	Cabrera 1939

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. †Typotheriodon Cabrera 1939

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Invalid names: Typotheriodon grandis Cabrera 1937 [nomen dubium]

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: MacFadden et al. 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Huayquerian or 8.00000 to 5.00000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian	8.0 - 5.0	Argentina (Buenos Aires)	T. grandis (212302)