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Lestodontini

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Taxonomy

Lestodontini was named by Gaudin (2004).

It was assigned to Mylodontidae by Gaudin (2004).

Subtaxa

Sphenotherus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2004	Lestodontini Gaudin

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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
—	Americatheria
—	Xenarthra	()
infraorder	Pilosa	Flower 1883
—	Folivora
class	Eufolivora	Delsuc et al. 2001
family	Mylodontidae	Ameghino 1889
tribe	Lestodontini	Gaudin 2004
tribe	Lestodontini	Gaudin 2004

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.

Tr. †Lestodontini Gaudin 2004

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G. †Sphenotherus Ameghino 1891

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†Sphenotherus zavaletianus Ameghino 1891

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Invalid names: Sphenotherus paranensis Ameghino 1891 [synonym]

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:

2005-08-22 16:27:29

Modified:

2005-08-22 18:30:22

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Zanclean or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian	8.0 - 5.0	Argentina (Catamarca)	Sphenotherus zavaletianus (141369)
Huayquerian	8.0 - 5.0	Argentina (Entre Rios)	Sphenotherus paranensis (55600)
Huayquerian	8.0 - 5.0	Argentina (Entre Ríos)	Sphenotherus paranensis (140696)
Messinian - Zanclean	7.246 - 3.6	Argentina (Catamarca)	Sphenotherus zavaletianus (204538)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan	5.0 - 3.0	Argentina (Catamarca)	Sphenotherus zavaletianus (157795)