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Colpodon

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Leontiniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Colpodon Burmeister p. 161
1887Colpodon Ameghino p. 61
1894Colpodon Ameghino p. 67
1894Colpodon Lydekker p. 2
1988Colpodon Carroll
1997Colpodon McKenna and Bell
2010Colpodon Ribeiro et al.
2012Colpodon Shockey et al.

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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
Eutoxodontia
familyLeontiniidaeAmeghino 1894
genusColpodon

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. †Colpodon Burmeister 1885
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Colpodon antucoensis Shockey et al. 2012
Colpodon distinctus Ameghino 1902
Colpodon plicatus Ameghino 1904
Colpodon propinquus Burmeister 1885
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: MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Colhuehuapian or 20.44000 to 17.50000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Río Negro) C. sp. (89093)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) C. distinctus (176236 176237 176238 176239 176240) C. sp., C. distinctus (141368)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Bío Bío) Leontiniidae indet. (140103)