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Archaeopithecus

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata - Archaeopithecidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Archaeopithecus Ameghino p. 422
1967Archaeopithecus Simpson
1988Archaeopithecus Carroll
2017Archaeopithecus Vera
2020Archaeopithecus López et al. p. 109

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
familyArchaeopithecidae
genusArchaeopithecus

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. †Archaeopithecus Ameghino 1897
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†Archaeopithecus rogeri Ameghino 1897
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Invalid names: Acropithecus tersus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Adpithecus plenus Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Archaeopithecus alternans Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Archaeopithecus rigidus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Notopithecus fossulatus Ameghino 1897 [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: Carroll 1988, MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Riochican to the top of the Bartonian or 57.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Riochican57.0 - 56.0Argentina (Chubut) A. rogeri (13781)
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Acropithecus tersus (176285) A. rogeri (39295 175738 175739 175743 176166)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Argentina (Chubut) Acropithecus rigidus (44956 176165 176170 176172 176173) A. rogeri (133039 176059)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) A. alternans, A. rigidus (176164)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) A. rogeri (188571 188572)
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) A. rogeri (175761)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) A. rogeri (176168 176468) Notopithecus fossulatus, A. rogeri, Adpithecus plenus (13779)