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Maxschlosseria

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata - Oldfieldthomasiidae

Taxonomy

Maxschlosseria was named by Ameghino (1901). Its type is Maxschlosseria praeterita.

It was assigned to Isotemnidae by Ameghino (1901); and to Oldfieldthomasiidae by Simpson (1967), Carroll (1988).

Species

M. praeterita (syn. M. consumata, Eostylops obliquatus, M. expansa, M. rusticula, Oldfieldthomasia marginalis, Isotemnus emundatus, M. septa, M. minuta, M. minima, Antepithecus plexostephanos, M. anatona) (type species)

Entered

by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2015-07-26

Synonyms

Paracoelodus was named by Ameghino (1904).

It was synonymized subjectively with Maxschlosseria by Simpson (1967).

It was assigned to Acoelodidae by Ameghino (1904).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1901	Maxschlosseria Ameghino p. 417
1904	Paracoelodus Ameghino p. 9
1967	Maxschlosseria Simpson
1988	Maxschlosseria Carroll

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida

Rank	Name	Author
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
superorder	Afrotheria
—	Paenungulatomorpha
superorder	Paenungulata
—	Sudamericungulata
order	Notoungulata
family	Oldfieldthomasiidae	Simpson 1945
genus	Maxschlosseria

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. †Maxschlosseria Ameghino 1901

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†Maxschlosseria praeterita Ameghino 1901

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Invalid names: Maxschlosseria consumata Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Maxschlosseria expansa Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Maxschlosseria minima Ameghino 1897 [objective synonym], Maxschlosseria minuta Ameghino 1901 [objective synonym], Maxschlosseria rusticula Ameghino 1901 [objective synonym], Maxschlosseria septa Ameghino 1901 [objective synonym]

Invalid names: Paracoelodus Ameghino 1904 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialsubc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

scansorialsubc

Diet:

herbivoreo

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2009-01-05 17:11:49

Modified:

2009-01-05 19:11:49

Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (7 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran	56.0 - 48.0	Argentina (Chubut)	Pleurostylodon minimus, Infrapithecus expansus (176285)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Argentina (Chubut)	M. consumata (176170) M. consumata, M. minuta (44956) M. minuta (176172) M. praeterita, M. minima, M. rusticula, M. consumata (176165)
Lutetian - Bartonian	48.07 - 37.71	Argentina (Chubut)	Isotemnus emundatus, Ultrapithecus rusticulus, Oldfieldthomasia marginalis, Oldfieldthomasia septa, M. praeterita, Eochalicotherium minutum, Antepithecus plexostephanos, M. anatona (176164)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Argentina (Chubut)	Eostylops obliquatus (13779)