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Holmesina

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae

Taxonomy
Holmesina was named by Simpson (1930). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Chlamytherium by James (1957); it was synonymized subjectively with Pampatherium by Cartelle and Bohorquez (1984).

It was assigned to Pampatheriinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Dasypodidae by Simpson (1930), Hibbard (1955), Carroll (1988); and to Pampatheriidae by Downing and White (1995), Edmund (1996), Mead et al. (2007), McDonald and Naples (2007), Rincón et al. (2008), Albright et al. (2019).

Species
H. cryptae, H. floridanus, H. occidentalis, H. paulacoutoi, H. rondoniensis, H. septentrionalis
Species lacking formal opinion data
H. floridianus, H. majus, H. paulacouti
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Holmesina Simpson
1955Holmesina Hibbard p. 50
1980Holmesina Kurten and Anderson p. 129
1988Holmesina Carroll
1995Holmesina Downing and White p. 389
1996Holmesina Edmund p. 311
2007Holmesina McDonald and Naples p. 152
2007Holmesina Mead et al. p. 445
2008Holmesina Rincón et al. p. 202
2019Holmesina Albright et al. p. 156

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
suborderGlyptodontia()
superfamilyGlyptodontoideaGray 1869
familyPampatheriidaePaula Couto 1954
genusHolmesina

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. †Holmesina Simpson 1930
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†Holmesina cryptae Moura et al. 2019
†Holmesina floridanus Robertson 1976
†Holmesina occidentalis Hoffstetter 1952
†Holmesina paulacoutoi Cartelle and Bohorquez 1985
†Holmesina rondoniensis Góis et al. 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:20:40
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:20:40
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 3.60000 to 0.01400 Ma

Collections (106 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Florida) H. floridanus (19746 19749 19751 19752 19753 19754 19759 19764 98320 113275)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.7 - 0.21El Salvador H. septentrionalis (70118)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela (Falcon) H. floridianus (122033)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Venezuela (Monagas) H. occidentalis (144977)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Costa Rica (Puntarenas) H. sp. (69920)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Florida) H. floridanus (19758) Kraglievichia floridanus (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) H. floridanus (19750 98313)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (South Carolina) H. floridanus (206955 206956) H. sp. (188304)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Ceara) H. paulacoutoi (236300)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Pampatherium sp., Pampatherium septentrionalis (20285)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Florida) H. septentrionalis (227368)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) H. septentrionalis (65405)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Ecuador (Guayas) H. occidentalis (213191)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcon) H. sp. (63884)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Chlamytherium septentrionale (85138 85139 85141 156789) Chlamytherium septentrionalis (85137) H. sp. (85140 207456 207484)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) H. paulacoutoi (212327 213190)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) H. floridanus (20400)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Venezuela (Falcon) H. floridianus (219885)
Ensenadan - Lujanian1.75 - 0.0117Argentina (Corrientes) H. paulacouti (71288)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) Chlamytherium septentrionalis (20289 20520) H. floridanus (20299 20308 20334 20350 20385 20475 20494 58089) H. septentrionalis (20415 20478) H. sp. (26550) Kraglievichia floridanus (20482)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) H. septentrionalis (20390)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21Mexico (Aguascalientes) H. septentrionale (20283)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Chlamytherium septentrionale (20342) H. septentrionalis (20530)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) H. cryptae (212351)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Peru (Piura) H. paulacoutoi (145500)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Peru (La Libertad) H. paulacoutoi (145505)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcon) H. occidentalis (113601)
Lujanian0.4 - 0.0117Argentina (Entre Ríos) H. paulacoutoi (203955)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (South Carolina) H. septentrionalis (79750 79757)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Texas) Chlamytherium septentrionale (225289)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) H. septentrionalis (20440 20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Chlamytherium septentrionalis (20571 20594 20629 20634 20636 20647 20653) H. septentrionalis (20581 20616)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Chlamytherium septentrionale (154771) Chlamytherium septentrionalis (20608 154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Pernambuco) H. paulacoutoi (195186)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) H. septentrionalis (20586 20603)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) H. paulacoutoi (147598)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) H. septentrionalis (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) H. septentrionalis (85142 230753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Chlamytherium septentrionalis (20638 34269 74292) H. septentrionalis (154804 154910)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Chlamytherium septentrionale (85136)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) H. paulacoutoi (137180)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Alagoas) H. paulacoutoi (230760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador H. occidentalis (190064)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Santiago del Estero) H. paulacoutoi (191153 192106)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) H. septentrionalis (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) H. septentrionalis (79763)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) H. septentrionalis (20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (El Petén) H. sp. (189383)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador (Santa Elena) Chlamytherium occidentale (133630)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Rondonia) H. rondoniensis (197104)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) H. paulacoutoi (148309)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) H. majus, H. sp. (212449)