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Proargyrolagus

Osteichthyes - Argyrolagidae

Taxonomy
Proargyrolagus was named by Wolff (1984).

It was assigned to Argyrolagidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Goin et al. (2009), Goin and Abello (2013), Abello and Candela (2020).

Species
P. argentinus, P. bolivianus
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by G. Lloyd on 2021-02-05

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Proargyrolagus Wolff p. 109 figs. 2-16
1997Proargyrolagus McKenna and Bell
2009Proargyrolagus Goin et al.
2013Proargyrolagus Goin and Abello
2020Proargyrolagus Abello and Candela

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
suborderPolydolopimorphiaArcher 1984
suborderBonapartheriiformesGoin and Candela 2004
superfamilyArgyrolagoideaAmeghino 1904
familyArgyrolagidae
genusProargyrolagus

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. †Proargyrolagus Wolff 1984
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†Proargyrolagus argentinus Goin and Abello 2013
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: omnivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2011-04-28 11:05:11
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:05:35
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Colhuehuapian or 37.71000 to 17.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Peru (San Martín) P. sp. (225589)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Peru P. n. sp. B (199559)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.04Peru P. n. sp. A (199562) P. sp. (199560)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia P. bolivianus (95688)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia (La Paz) P. bolivianus (13081 133615)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) P. argentinus (141368)