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Acoelohyrax

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata - Isotemnidae

Taxonomy
Acoelohyrax was named by Ameghino (1902). Its type is Acoelohyrax coronatus.

It was assigned to Isotemnidae by Simpson (1967), Carroll (1988); and to Archaeohyracidae by Ameghino (1902), Bond and López (1993).

Species
A. complicatissimus, A. coronatus (type species), A. sigma
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Carrano on 2015-07-26

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Acoelohyrax Ameghino p. 10
1904Plexotemnus Ameghino p. 88
1967Acoelohyrax Simpson
1988Acoelohyrax Carroll
1993Acoelohyrax Bond and López pp. 66-67
1993Plexotemnus Bond and López p. 66

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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
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
familyIsotemnidae
genusAcoelohyrax

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. †Acoelohyrax Ameghino 1902
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†Acoelohyrax coronatus Ameghino 1902
†Acoelohyrax sigma Ameghino 1901
Invalid names: Plexotemnus 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: Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Casamayoran to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) A. coronatus (176285)
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) Acoelohyrax indet. (175761) Trimerostephanos sigma (176286)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Plexotemnus complicatissimus (13779)