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Pseudoprepotherium socorrensis

Osteichthyes - Mylodontidae

Taxonomy
Mirandabradys socorrensis was named by Carlini et al. (2006). Its type specimen is AMC-CURS 29, a partial skeleton (partial skull and postcrania), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mirandabradys Urumaco 01, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in the Socorro Formation of Venezuela.

It was recombined as Pseudoprepotherium socorrensis by Rincón and McDonald (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Mirandabradys socorrensis Carlini et al.
2020Pseudoprepotherium socorrensis Rincón and McDonald

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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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
familyMylodontidaeAmeghino 1889
genusPseudoprepotheriumHoffstetter 1961
speciessocorrensis()

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.

†Pseudoprepotherium socorrensis Carlini et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. A. Carlini et al. 2006A Mirandabradys whose femur has a shorter
neck and which has the trochanter major positioned lower
than inM. urumaquensis. Trochanter minor differentiated but
not prominent. The patellar facet is shorter proximodistally
than in M. urumaquensis.
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Venezuela (Falcon) Glossotheriopsis sp. (146405) Mirandabradys socorrensis (type locality: 146289)