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Palaeothentes

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Palaeothentes Ameghino
1978Palaeothentes Patterson and Marshall
1980Palaeothentes Marshall
1982Palaeothentes Villarroel and Marshall
1997Palaeothentes McKenna and Bell
2002Palaeothentes Flynn et al. p. 292
2009Palaeothentes Goin et al.
2010Palaeothentes Kramarz et al.
2012Palaeothentes Abello et al.
2017Palaeothentes Engelman et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
—Marsupialia()
orderPaucituberculataAmeghino 1894
superfamilyPalaeothentoidea
familyPalaeothentidaeSinclair 1906
genusPalaeothentesAmeghino 1887

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. †Palaeothentes Ameghino 1887
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†Palaeothentes aratae Moreno 1882
†Palaeothentes boliviensis Patterson and Marshall 1978
†Palaeothentes intermedius Ameghino 1887
†Palaeothentes lemoinei Ameghino 1887
†Palaeothentes marshalli Bown and Fleagle 1993
†Palaeothentes migueli Bown and Fleagle 1993
†Palaeothentes minutus Ameghino 1887
†Palaeothentes pachygnathus Ameghino 1887
†Palaeothentes pascuali Bown and Fleagle 1993
†Palaeothentes pressiforatus Ameghino 1887
†Palaeothentes primus Ameghino 1902
†Palaeothentes relictus Engelman et al. 2017
†Palaeothentes serratus Engelman et al. 2017
†Palaeothentes smeti Flynn et al. 2002
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 363 gs
Minimum body mass: 83 gs
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hopson 1973, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Vizcaíno et al. 2010

Age range: base of the Deseadan to the top of the Serravallian or 29.00000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Argentina (Chubut) P. marshalli, P. migueli (176201)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia (La Paz) P. boliviensis (14210 133596)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia P. boliviensis (95688)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. lemoinei (145899)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Neuquén) P. sp. (89027)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Chile (Aisén) P. smeti, P. intermedius, P. minutus, P. pascuali (71843)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. minutus (59133 59320 59321 59323)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Argentina (Chubut) P. minutus (176205)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (San Juan) P. sp. (197900)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. lemoinei (207743)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. aratae, P. intermedius, P. minutus (176590) P. aratae, P. lemoinei, P. intermedius (176594) P. aratae, P. lemoinei, P. intermedius, P. minutus (176571) P. aratae, P. lemoinei, P. intermedius, P. minutus, P. pascuali (176563 176570) P. aratae, P. lemoinei, P. minutus (176575) P. lemoinei (59334 176602) P. lemoinei, P. intermedius (59333 176566) P. lemoinei, P. intermedius, P. minutus (144940 176565 210638 210786) P. lemoinei, P. minutus (142533 210637 210787) P. minutus (142529 176601) P. sp. (176622 206243)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Chile (Aisén) P. lemoinei, P. intermedius, P. minutus (139845)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Argentina (Chubut) P. serratus (215594 215595)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Peru (San Martin) P. sp. (230802)