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Homalodotherium

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Homalodotheriidae

Taxonomy
Homalodotherium was named by Huxley (1870). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Homalodotheriidae by Carroll (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Homalodotherium Huxley
1988Homalodotherium Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
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
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
—PaenungulataSimpson 1945
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
familyHomalodotheriidaeGregory 1910
genusHomalodotheriumHuxley 1870

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. †Homalodotherium Huxley 1870
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†Homalodotherium canepai Bordas 1941
†Homalodotherium crassum Ameghino 1894
†Homalodotherium excursum Ameghino 1894
†Homalodotherium segoviae Ameghino 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 340 kgg
Minimum body mass: 340 kgg
Body mass estimate: 340 kg
Body mass source: publishedg
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-04-14 01:31:35
Modified: 2013-04-13 10:31:35
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden et al. 1996, Vizcaíno et al. 2010, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Santacrucian to the top of the Burdigalian or 17.50000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Aisén) H. sp. (71843)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) H. cunninghami (27313 176635 176636) H. segoviae (176588) H. sp. (142533 176564 176569 176571 210153 210154 210638 210787)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Chile H. sp. (176666)