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Chapalmalania

Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae

Taxonomy
Chapalmalania was named by Ameghino (1908). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Ursidae by Rovereto (1914); to Procyonidae by Carroll (1988); and to Procyonini by Baskin (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Chapalmalania Ameghino
1914Chapalmalania Rovereto p. 186
1988Chapalmalania Carroll
2004Chapalmalania Baskin p. 717

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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
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Ferae()
CarnivoramorphaWyss and Flynn 1993
CarnivoraformesFlynn et al.
orderCarnivora
suborderCaniformiaKretzoi 1943
infraorderCanoidea(Simpson 1931)
superfamilyArctoideaFlower 1869
Mustelida
familyProcyonidaeGray 1825
subfamilyProcyoninaeGray 1825
tribeProcyoniniGray 1825
genusChapalmalaniaAmeghino 1908

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. †Chapalmalania Ameghino 1908
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Chapalmalania altaefrontis Kraglievich and Olazabal 1959
Chapalmalania ortognatha Ameghino 1908
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 19:33:53
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Calabrian or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) C. alteafrontis (157795)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Colombia (La Guajira) Procyonidae sp. (166508)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Venezuela (Falcon) C. sp. (219885)