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Thylophorops

Osteichthyes - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Thylophorops was named by Reig (1952). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988); and to Didelphini by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Thylophorops Reig
1988Thylophorops Carroll
1997Thylophorops McKenna and Bell

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
—Didelphidae()
subfamilyDidelphinaeGray 1827
tribeDidelphiniCrochet 1979
genusThylophoropsReig 1952

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. †Thylophorops Reig 1952
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†Thylophorops chapalmalensis Ameghino 1908
†Thylophorops lorenzinii Goin et al. 2009
†Thylophorops perplana Ameghino 1904
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Invalid names: Paradidelphys nodosa Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:50:31
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Montehermosan to the top of the Chapadmalalan or 5.00000 to 3.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. perplana (198863)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Córdoba) T. chapalmalensis (202212)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. chapalmalensis (14178 14179 14180 14181 14182)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Buenos Aires) T. chapadmalensis (199155) T. lorenzinii (123527)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Córdoba) T. chapalmalensis (225604)