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Hegetotherium

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Hegetotherium Ameghino
1891Hegetotherium Ameghino p. 5
1894Hegetotherium Ameghino p. 19
1894Hegetotherium Lydekker p. 7
1908Hegetotherium Sinclair
1988Hegetotherium Carroll
2004Hegetotherium Croft et al. p. 33
2017Hegetotherium Seoane et al.
2022Hegetotherium Vizcaíno et al.
2023Hegetotherium Seoane 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
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
—Hegetotheriidae(Ameghino 1894)
—Hegetotheriinae(Ameghino 1894)
genusHegetotheriumAmeghino 1887

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. †Hegetotherium Ameghino 1887
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†Hegetotherium cerdasensis Croft et al. 2016
†Hegetotherium mirabile Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Hegetotherium anceps Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Hegetotherium andinum Roth 1898 [synonym], Hegetotherium convexum Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Hegetotherium costatum Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Hegetotherium cuneatum Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Hegetotherium minum Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Hegetotherium strigatum Ameghino 1887 [synonym], Selatherium pachymorphum Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Selatherium remissum Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
†Hegetotherium novum Bordas 1939
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 14.23 kgs
Minimum body mass: 14.23 kgs
Body mass estimate: 14.23 kg
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: s = species, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Vizcaíno et al. 2010, MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Deseadan to the top of the Tortonian or 29.00000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Uruguay H. sp. (176487)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) H. sp. (50074)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) H. novum (145897)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Neuquén) H. sp. (89030)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Río Negro) H. sp. (89093)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Mendoza) H. sp. (189519)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Aisén) H. sp. (71843)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Bolivia Hegetotheriidae indet. (91435)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Argentina (Santa Cruz) H. mirabile (197691)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) H. mirabile (27313 142533 176588 176589 176590 176600 176602 176603 176641 206234 206242 210638) H. sp. (176571 176578 210154) H. sp., H. mirabile (210153)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Chile H. mirabile (103804)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (San Juan) H. mirabile (197899)
Santacrucian - Friasian17.5 - 15.5Chile (Bío Bío) H. sp. (140107)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Bolivia (Potosí) H. sp. (68402)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Río Negro) H. sp. (140691)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Chile (Parinacota) H. cerdasensis (144471)