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Propediolagus marplatensis

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Caviidae

Taxonomy
Propediolagus marplatensis was named by Ortega Hinosa (1963). Its type specimen is MMP 52-X-5-19, a mandible (ambas ramas mandibulares fragmentadas col p4 - m1 y el alveolo del m2 izquirerdos y el p4 derecho), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mar del Plata, which is in a Chapadmalalan terrestrial horizon in the Chapadmalal Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Propediolagus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Propediolagus marplatensis Ortega Hinosa figs. Lam I fig B

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
CtenohystricaHuchon et al. 2000
infraorderHystricognathi(Tullberg 1899)
Caviomorpha(Wood and Patterson 1955)
superfamilyCavioideaFischer de Waldheim 1817
familyCaviidae
genusPropediolagus
speciesmarplatensis

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.

Propediolagus marplatensis Ortega Hinosa 1963
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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: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:33:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: Chapadmalalan or 3.80000 to 3.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Propediolagus marplatensis (type locality: 198699)