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Chorobates

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Chorobates was named by Reig (1958). It is not extant. Its type is Chorobates recens.

It was assigned to Dasypodidae by Carroll (1988); and to Euphractini by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
C. recens (type species), C. villosissimus
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. rescens, C. scalabrini, C. villlosissimus
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by G. Varnham on 2019-06-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Chorobates Reig
1988Chorobates Carroll
1997Chorobates McKenna and Bell p. 85

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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
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
—Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
subfamilyEuphractinaeWinge 1923
tribeEuphractiniWinge 1923
genusChorobatesReig 1958

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. †Chorobates Reig 1958
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†Chorobates recens Ameghino 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:31:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Lujanian or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Salta) C. villosissimus (197784)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) C. sp. (61292) C. villosissimus (61299 198862)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Catamarca) C. sp. (157794) C. villosissimus (198540 198548)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) C. villlosissimus, C. villosissimus (192135) C. villosissimus (87198 151498 151499 151500 152061 152063 152065 152066 204359 204363 204598 206260 206262 206263)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (La Pampa) C. villosissimus (140932)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (Buenos Aires) C. villosissimus (152069)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Argentina (La Rioja) C. villosissimus (152263)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Belén) C. villosissimus (189824)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Argentina (Buenos Aires) C. recens (207597)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) C. recens (154237) C. rescens, C. villosissimus (198863) C. sp. (145757)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Catamarca) C. villosissimus (198549 198551)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) C. scalabrini (157795)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) C. recens (207596) C. sp. (199154 199156)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) C. rescens (202096)