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Astrapotheria
Taxonomy
Astrapotheria was named by Lydekker (1894). It is not extant.
It was reranked as the order Astrapotheria by Gregory (1910).
It was assigned to Notoungulata by Gregory (1910); to Eutheria by Carroll (1988); to Meridiungulata by McKenna (1975) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Sudamericungulata by Avilla and Mothé (2021).
It was reranked as the order Astrapotheria by Gregory (1910).
It was assigned to Notoungulata by Gregory (1910); to Eutheria by Carroll (1988); to Meridiungulata by McKenna (1975) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Sudamericungulata by Avilla and Mothé (2021).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1894 | Astrapotheroidea Ameghino |
1894 | Astrapotheria Lydekker p. 42 |
1903 | Grypolophodon Roth |
1903 | Notorhinus Roth |
1903 | Notorhinus haroldi Roth |
1903 | Blastoconus Roth p. 137 |
1903 | Blastoconus robertsoni Roth p. 137 |
1903 | Grypolophodon morenoi Roth p. 139 |
1903 | Grypolophodon tuberculosis Roth p. 140 |
1904 | Tonorhinus haroldi Ameghino p. 82 |
1904 | Blastoconus Roth |
1904 | Grypolophodon Roth |
1904 | Notorhinus Roth |
1904 | Notorhinus haroldi Roth |
1904 | Blastoconus robertsoni Roth p. 137 |
1904 | Grypolophodon morenoi Roth p. 139 |
1904 | Grypolophodon tuberculosis Roth p. 140 |
1910 | Astrapotheria Gregory p. 466 |
1934 | Astrapotherioidea Simpson |
1975 | Astrapotheria McKenna p. 43 |
1988 | Astrapotheria Carroll |
1997 | Astrapotheria McKenna and Bell |
2021 | Astrapotheria Avilla and Mothé |
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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.
Or. †Astrapotheria Lydekker 1894
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Fm. †Astrapotheriidae Ameghino 1887
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G. †Astrapodon Ameghino 1891
G. †Astraponotus Ameghino 1901
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†Astraponotus assymmetrus Ameghino 1901
†Astraponotus dicksoni Roth 1904
†Astraponotus dilatatus Roth 1904
†Astraponotus holdichi Roth 1904
†Astraponotus thompsoni Roth 1904
Invalid names: Megalophodon Roth 1903 [synonym], Notamynus Roth 1903 [synonym]
G. †Astrapothericulus Ameghino 1902
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†Astrapothericulus emarginatus Ameghino 1904
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Invalid names: Astrapothericulus peninsulatus Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
†Astrapothericulus iheringi Ameghino 1899
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Invalid names: Astrapothericulus hebetatus Ameghino 1891 [synonym]
G. †Astrapotherium Burmeister 1879
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†Astrapotherium christi Stehlin 1928
†Astrapotherium guillei Kramarz et al. 2019
†Astrapotherium magnum Owen 1853
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Invalid names: Astrapodon carinatus Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Astrapotherium angustidens Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Astrapotherium burmeisteri Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Astrapotherium columnatum Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Astrapotherium gaudryi Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Astrapotherium karaikense Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Astrapotherium marshi Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Astrapotherium nanum Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Astrapotherium patagonicum Burmeister 1879 [synonym], Listriotherium filholi Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Xylotherium mirabile Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
†Astrapotherium ruderarium Ameghino 1902
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Invalid names: Astrapothericulus laevisculus Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Astrapothericulus minusculus Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Astrapotherium triangulidens Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Parastrapotherium paucum Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Prochalicotherium patagonicum Ameghino 1902 [synonym]
Invalid names: Astrapotherium hespernium Cabrera 1940 [nomen vanum], Listriotherium Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Mesembriotherium Moreno 1882 [synonym], Xylotherium Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
G. †Parastrapotherium Ameghino 1895
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†Parastrapotherium crassum Ameghino 1902
†Parastrapotherium ephebicum Ameghino 1889
†Parastrapotherium herculeum Ameghino 1899
†Parastrapotherium holmbergi Ameghino 1894
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Invalid names: Helicolophodon giganteus Roth 1904 [synonym], Loxocoelus obturtus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Parastrapotherium lemoinei Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Parastrapotherium trouessarti Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Traspoatherium convexidens Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
†Parastrapotherium martiale Ameghino 1901
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Invalid names: Parastrapotherium insuperabile Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Parastrapotherium superabile Ameghino 1901 [synonym]
†Parastrapotherium symmetrum Ameghino 1902
†Parastrapotherium variabile Ameghino 1901
†Parastrapotherium voghti Mercerat 1891
Invalid names: Helicolophodon Roth 1903 [synonym], Loxocoelus [synonym], Traspoatherium [synonym]
G. †Tonorhinus Ameghino 1904
Subfm. †Uruguaytheriinae Kraglievich 1928
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G. †Hilarcotherium Vallejo-Pareja et al. 2015
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†Hilarcotherium castanedaii Vallejo-Pareja et al. 2015
†Hilarcotherium miyou Carrillo et al. 2018
G. †Xenastrapotherium Kraglievich 1928
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†Xenastrapotherium aequatorialis Johnson and Madden 1997
†Xenastrapotherium amazonense Paula Couto 1976
†Xenastrapotherium chaparralensis Johnson and Madden 1997
†Xenastrapotherium christi Stehlin 1928
†Xenastrapotherium kraglievichi Cabrera 1929
Invalid names: Synastrapotherium Paula Couto 1976 [synonym]
Invalid names: Astrapotheriinae Soria and Alvarenga 1989 [empty]
Fm. †Eoastrapostylopidae Soria and Powell 1981
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Fm. †Trigonostylopidae Ameghino 1901
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G. †Albertogaudrya Ameghino 1901
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†Albertogaudrya carahuasensis Carbajal et al. 1977
†Albertogaudrya robusta Roth 1904
†Albertogaudrya unica Ameghino 1901
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Invalid names: Albertogaudrya oxygona Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Albertogaudrya regia Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Albertogaudrya separata Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Albertogaudrya tersa Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Scabellia cyclogona Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Scabellia laticincta Ameghino 1901 [synonym]
Invalid names: Scabellia Ameghino 1901 [synonym]
G. †Albertogaudryia
G. †Trigonostylops Ameghino 1897
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†Trigonostylops wortmani Ameghino 1897
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Invalid names: Trigonostylops columnifer Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Trigonostylops coryphodontoides Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Trigonostylops eximius Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Trigonostylops germinalis Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Trigonostylops hemicyclus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Trigonostylops insumptus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Trigonostylops integer Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Trigonostylops minimus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Trigonostylops scabellum Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Trigonostylops secundarius Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Trigonostylops subtrigonus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Trigonostylops trigonus Ameghino 1901 [synonym]
Invalid names: Chiodon Berg 1899 [synonym], Staurodon Roth 1899 [synonym], Trigonostylops gegenbauri Roth 1899 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Hedralophus Ameghino 1901 [nomen dubium], Hedralophus bicostatus Ameghino 1901 [nomen dubium], Seudenius Simpson 1935 [nomen dubium], Seudenius cteronc Simpson 1935 [nomen dubium], Shecenia Simpson 1935 [nomen dubium], Shecenia ctirneru Simpson 1935 [nomen dubium], Staurodon supernus Roth 1899 [nomen dubium], Trigonostylops duplex Ameghino 1901 [nomen dubium]
Invalid names: Astrapotheroidea Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Blastoconus Roth 1903 [nomen dubium], Blastoconus robertsoni Roth 1904 [nomen dubium], Grypolophodon Roth 1903 [nomen vanum], Grypolophodon morenoi Roth 1904 [nomen vanum], Grypolophodon tuberculosis Roth 1904 [nomen vanum], Notorhinus Roth 1903 [nomen vanum], Notorhinus haroldi Roth 1904 [nomen vanum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Johnson and Madden 1997, Carroll 1988, MacFadden et al. 1996, Vizcaíno et al. 2010 |
Age range: base of the Casamayoran to the top of the Holocene or 56.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (174 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Paleocene | Argentina (Tucumán) | Eoastrapostylops riolorense (41607) | |
Riochican | Argentina (Chubut) | Shecenia ctirneru, Seudenius cteronc (14205) Trigonostylops sp., Postpithecus sp. (13781) | |
Casamayoran | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Trigonostylops sp. (50066) | |
Casamayoran | Argentina (Chubut) | Albertogaudrya unica, Hedralophus bicostatus (176285) Trigonostylops sp. (49899 176304) Trigonostylops subtrigonus (176283) Trigonostylops wortmani (176491) | |
Ypresian | Argentina (Salta) | Albertogaudrya carahuasensis (44957) | |
Ypresian | Antarctica | Trigonostylopidae indet. (32360) Ungulata indet. (100414) | |
Ypresian | Argentina (Chubut) | Shecenia sp., Trigonostylops sp. (133040) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | Trigonostylops apthomasi, Trigonostylops sp. (118314) Trigonostylops sp. (38793) | |
Mustersan | Argentina (Chubut) | Albertogaudrya robusta (175761) Astraponotus indet. (176179) Astraponotus sp. (38879) Staurodon gegenbauri, Staurodon supernus, Notorhinus haroldi, Notamynus holdichi, Notamynus dicksoni, Megalophodon thompsoni, Megalophodon dilatatus, Grypolophodon morenoi, Grypolophodon tuberculosis, Grypolophodon imperfectus, Blastoconus robertsoni, Notorhinus denticulatus, Helicolophodon giganteus (176290) | |
Lutetian | Argentina (Salta) | Astrapotheria indet. (211419) | |
Lutetian | Argentina (Chubut) | Albertogaudrya indet., Trigonostylops wortmani (176174) A. gen. et sp. indet. K, A. gen. et sp. indet. L (176059) Astrapotheriidae genus and species A, Scaglia kraglievichorum, Tetragonostylops apthomasi, Trigonostylops wortmani (176170) Scaglia kraglievichorum, Albertogaudrya indet., Trigonostylops wortmani (44956) Trigonostylops wortmani (176173) | |
Lutetian - Bartonian | Argentina (Chubut) | Trigonostylops wortmani, Trigonostylops scabellum (176164) | |
Lutetian - Bartonian | Antarctica (Seymour Island) | Antarctodon sobrali (53666) | |
Middle Eocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Trigonostylops wortmani (225618) | |
Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina (Chubut) | Parastrapotherium crassum (176461) | |
Divisaderan | Argentina (Mendoza) | Trigonostylopidae indet. (92669) | |
Bartonian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Trigonostylops wortmani (176494) | |
Bartonian | Argentina (Chubut) | Albertogaudrya indet., Trigonostylops wortmani (176181) Albertogaudrya sp., Albertogaudrya unica, Trigonostylops wortmani, Trigonostylops integer, Albertogaudrya regia (176163) Albertogaudrya unica (49902 175744 176167) Albertogaudrya unica, Trigonostylops wortmani (176190) Albertogaudrya unica, Trigonostylops wortmani, Trigonostylops secundarius, Trigonostylops minimus, Trigonostylops trigonus, Trigonostylops insumptus, Trigonostylops eximius, Trigonostylops scabellum, Trigonostylops hemicyclus, Trigonostylops duplex, Scabellia laticincta, Albertogaudrya tersa, Trigonostylops columnifer, Trigonostylops coryphodontoides, Trigonostylops germinalis, Scabellia cyclogona, Albertogaudrya oxygona, Albertogaudrya separata (13779) Astraponotus assymmetrus (176288) Trigonostylops sp., Albertogaudrya sp. (49900) Trigonostylops wortmani (176169 176177 176182) | |
Bartonian | Brazil (Paraná) | Astrapotheria indet. (186567) | |
Bartonian - Priabonian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Astraponotus sp. (225620 225623) Trigonostylops sp., Astraponotus sp. (225621) | |
Bartonian - Priabonian | Antarctica | Trigonostylops sp. (173115) | |
Priabonian | Argentina (Catamarca) | Astrapotheriidae indet. (41608) | |
Priabonian - Rupelian | Peru (Loreto) | Trigonostylops sp. (144474) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru | Astrapotheriidae indet. (199559) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Colombia (Tolima) | Astrapotheriidae indet. (133619) | |
Early/Lower Oligocene | Chile | Astrapotheria indet. (38072) | |
Rupelian | Argentina (Chubut) | Maddenia lapidaria (176201) | |
Rupelian - Chattian | Peru | Astrapotheriidae indet. (199562) | |
Deseadan | Bolivia | Astrapotheriidae indet. (95688) | |
Deseadan | Bolivia (La Paz) | Astrapotheriidae indet. (133596) | |
Deseadan | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Astrapotheriidae indet. (176627) Astrapotherium sp., Parastrapotherium holmbergi, Liarthrus copei (50074) Parastrapotherium holmbergi, Liarthrus copei (176269) | |
Deseadan | Uruguay (Canelones) | Uruguaytherium beaulieui (176488) | |
Deseadan | Brazil (Sao Paulo) | Astrapotheriidae indet. (152418) | |
Deseadan | Argentina (Chubut) | Astrapotherium voghti (186781) Parastrapotherium holmbergi (14211) Parastrapotherium indet. (92670) Parastrapotherium martiale (186780) Parastrapotherium sp. (49851 146358) | |
Late/Upper Oligocene | Peru (Loreto) | Astrapotheriidae indet. (176130 176147) | |
Aquitanian | Ecuador (Cañar) | Xenastrapotherium aequatorialis (144675) | |
Early/Lower Miocene | Colombia (Tolima) | Astrapotheriidae indet., Xenastrapotherium chaparralensis (133440) | |
Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Astrapotheriidae sp., Astrapothericulus sp., Parastrapotherium sp. (197285) Astrapotherium sp. (89030) Comahuetherium coccaorum (202118) Parastrapotherium sp. (89027) | |
Colhuehuapian | Chile (Biobio) | Astrapotherium indet., Parastrapotherium sp. (139577) | |
Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Chubut) | Astrapotheriidae gen. et sp. nov., Astrapotheriidae indet., Parastrapotherium symmetrum, Astrapotherium ruderarium (141368) | |
Burdigalian | Colombia (Guajira) | Astrapotheriidae sp. (190377) Hilarcotherium miyou (176826) | |
Burdigalian | Chile (Aisén) | Astrapotherium sp. (71843) | |
Burdigalian | Chile (Magallanes) | Astrapotheriinae indet., Astrapothericulus iheringi (204203) | |
Burdigalian | Venezuela (Falcon) | Astrapotheriidae indet. (43063) | |
Burdigalian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Hilarcotherium miyou (162005) | |
Burdigalian - Langhian | Colombia (Guajira) | Hilarcotherium miyou (145271) | |
Burdigalian - Langhian | Bolivia | Uruguaytheriinae sp. (91435) | |
Santacrucian | Venezuela (Guárico) | Astrapotherium christi (146538) | |
Santacrucian | Chile | Astrapotherium magnum (207598 207603) | |
Santacrucian | Chile (Araucania) | Astrapotherium sp. (144463) | |
Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Astrapothericulus iheringi (207680) Astrapotheriidae indet. (210153) Astrapotherium magnum (142529 142533 176581 176585 176590 176591 176603 176625 207606) Astrapotherium magnum, Astrapotherium nanum (204358) Astrapotherium sp. (176571 176622 206234 206236 206244 210637 210638 210786 210787) Astrapotherium sp., Astrapotherium magnum (176576 176578 176599) | |
Santacrucian - Laventan | Chile (Bío Bío) | Astrapotheria indet., Astrapotheriidae indet. (140105) | |
Friasian | Chile | Astrapotherium hesperinum (176666) | |
Langhian | Argentina (Rio Negro) | Astrapotherium guillei (211561) | |
Langhian | Bolivia (Potosí) | Astrapotheriidae indet. (68402) | |
Langhian | Colombia (Guajira) | Hilarcotherium miyou (190376) | |
Langhian - Serravallian | Argentina (Chubut) | Astrapotheria indet. (215594 215595) | |
Middle Miocene | Colombia (Cesar) | Hilarcotherium sp. (176829) | |
Middle Miocene | Peru | Granastrapotherium snorki (211380) | |
Colloncuran | Argentina (Mendoza) | Astrapotherium sp. (145811) | |
Laventan | Peru (Ucayali) | Granastrapotherium snorki (144792 144793) Xenastrapotherium sp. (144794) Xenastrapotherium sp., Uruguaytheriinae indet. (107993) | |
Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Astrapotheria indet. (133441) Granastrapotherium snorki (133692 134806 135348 140051 143785 143795 145175 145617 186607 187719 187720 187721 187888 187970 188028) Xenastrapotherium kraglievichi (133693 136211 141256 143787 143789 187965 188024 188026 188027) Xenastrapotherium kraglievichi, Granastrapotherium snorki (185892 187114 187115 187718 188025) | |
Laventan | Colombia (Tolima) | Astrapotheriidae indet. (132580) Granastrapotherium snorki (143779 143781 143782 143783) Hilarcotherium castanedaii (169236) Xenastrapotherium indet. (132559) | |
Laventan | Bolivia (Tarija) | Astrapotherium indet. (38071) | |
Laventan | Colombia | Granastrapotherium snorki (13757) | |
Laventan | Peru | Uruguaytheriinae indet. (107992) | |
Tortonian | Brazil (Acre) | Synastrapotherium sp., Xenastrapotherium amazonense (55602) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Brazil (Acre) | Astrapotheriidae indet. (217883) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Brazil (Acre) | Astrapotheria indet. (217818) | |
Huayquerian | Brazil (Acre) | Astrapotheriidae indet. (65139) | |
Pleistocene | Brazil (Acre) | Astrapotheria indet. (217848) | |
Holocene | Brazil (Acre) | Astrapotheria indet. (217870) |