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Ocnerotherium

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Taxonomy
Ocnerotherium was named by Pascual (1954). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Toxodontidae by Carroll (1988).

Species
O. intermedium

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Ocnerotherium Pascual
1988Ocnerotherium 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
—Eutoxodontia
familyToxodontidae
genusOcnerotheriumPascual 1954

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. †Ocnerotherium Pascual 1954
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†Ocnerotherium intermedium Pascual 1954
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, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996

Age range: base of the Chasicoan to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 10.00000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) O. sp. (146447 146448)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (San Luis) O. intermedium (235716)
Chasicoan10.0 - 9.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) O. intermedium (206418)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Argentina (San Luis) O. intermedium (206422)