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Eoauchenia

Osteichthyes - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Taxonomy
Eoauchenia was named by Ameghino (1887). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Proterotheriidae by Rovereto (1914), Carroll (1988).

Species
E. cingulata, E. primitiva
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2024-02-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Eoauchenia Ameghino
1914Eoauchenia Rovereto p. 128
1988Eoauchenia Carroll

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
orderPanameriungulata
suborderLitopterna(Ameghino 1889)
familyProterotheriidaeAmeghino 1887
genusEoaucheniaAmeghino 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. †Eoauchenia Ameghino 1887
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†Eoauchenia cingulata Cabrera 1939
†Eoauchenia primitiva Ameghino 1887
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 17:11:35
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:35
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden et al. 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Montehermosan or 7.24600 to 3.80000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) E. cingulata (87198)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) E. cingulata (212302)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (La Pampa) E. primitiva (140932)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Argentina (La Rioja) E. sp. (152263)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) E. primitiva (152062 152064 152081 152085 152088 198863)