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Prohegetotherium

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Prohegetotherium Ameghino p. 424
1949Prohegetotherium Simpson and Minoprio
1962Ethegotherium Simpson et al.
1986Prohegetotherium Marshall et al.
1988Ethegotherium Carroll
1988Prohegetotherium Carroll
2010Prohegetotherium Reguero and Prevosti
2017Prohegetotherium Kramarz and Bond
2017Prohegetotherium Seoane et al.
2023Prohegetotherium 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
superorderPaenungulata
Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
Hegetotheriidae(Ameghino 1894)
Hegetotheriinae(Ameghino 1894)
genusProhegetotherium

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. †Prohegetotherium Ameghino 1897
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Prohegetotherium malalhuense Cerdeño and Reguero 2015
Prohegetotherium schiaffinoi Kraglievich 1932
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Invalid names: Prohegetotherium carettei Minoprio 1947 [synonym]
Prohegetotherium sculptum Ameghino 1897
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Invalid names: Prohegetotherium shumwayi Loomis 1914 [synonym]
Invalid names: Ethegotherium Simpson et al. 1962 [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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996

Age range: base of the Deseadan to the top of the Santacrucian or 29.00000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Argentina (Chubut) P. sp. (176201)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) P. sculptum (49852 146358 176465 176490 176647) P. sculptum, P. shumwayi (14211)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia (La Paz) P. schiaffinoi (13081) P. sp. (133615)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Mendoza) P. sp., P. schiaffinoi, P. malalhuense, Hegetotheriinae indet. (176466)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Entre Rios) P. sp. (181629)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Corrientes) P. sp. (181625 181627)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia (None) P. sp. (13276)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Uruguay (Canelones) Propachyrucos schiaffinoi (176488)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia P. schiaffinoi (95688)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Bolivia P. schiaffinoi (225573)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Mendoza) P. carettei (176472)