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Thoatherium
Taxonomy
Thoatherium was named by Ameghino (1887). It is not extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Proterotherium by de Blanchini and Blanchini (1971).
It was assigned to Brachytherini by Ameghino (1891); to Proterotheridae by Ameghino (1894); and to Proterotheriidae by Scott (1913), Carroll (1988) and Vizcaíno et al. (2022).
It was synonymized subjectively with Proterotherium by de Blanchini and Blanchini (1971).
It was assigned to Brachytherini by Ameghino (1891); to Proterotheridae by Ameghino (1894); and to Proterotheriidae by Scott (1913), Carroll (1988) and Vizcaíno et al. (2022).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1887 | Thoatherium Ameghino |
| 1891 | Thoatherium Ameghino p. 11 |
| 1891 | Merycodon Mercerat |
| 1891 | Rhagodon Mercerat |
| 1894 | Thoatherium Ameghino p. 44 |
| 1913 | Thoatherium Scott p. 489 |
| 1988 | Thoatherium Carroll |
| 2022 | Thoatherium Vizcaíno et al. |
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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. †Thoatherium Ameghino 1887
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†Thoatherium bilobatum Ameghino 1904
†Thoatherium crepidatum Ameghino 1891
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Invalid names: Merycodon damesi Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Rhagodon gracilis Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
†Thoatherium karaikense Ameghino 1904
†Thoatherium minusculum Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Merycodon rusticus Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
†Thoatherium rhabdodon Ameghino 1894
†Thoatherium velatum Ameghino 1904
Invalid names: Merycodon Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Rhagodon Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: s = species, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden et al. 1996, Vizcaíno et al. 2010, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Santacrucian to the top of the Langhian or 17.50000 to 13.82000 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Chile (Aisén) | T. sp., T. minusculum (71843) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | T. minusculum (197691) | |
| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | T. minusculum (87314 142533 176570 176576 176590 176601 176602 176635 204358 207604 210638 210787) T. sp. (176622) T. sp., T. minusculum (176603) | |
| Langhian | Bolivia (Potosí) | Diadiaphorus sp. (68402) |