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Meteutatus

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy

Meteutatus was named by Ameghino (1902).

It was assigned to Dasypidae by Ameghino (1902); to Dasypodidae by Simpson (1948) and Carroll (1988); and to Eutatini by McKenna and Bell (1997), Carlini et al. (2009) and Carlini et al. (2010).

Species

M. anthinus, M. concavus, M. lagenaformis, M. lucidus, M. percarinatus, Sadypus ascendens, Sadypus confluens, Sadypus minutus, Sadypus nepotulus, Sadypus tortuosus

Synonyms

Sadypus was named by Ameghino (1902).

It was synonymized subjectively with Meteutatus by Simpson (1948).

It was assigned to Dasypidae by Ameghino (1902); and to Eutatini by Carlini et al. (2010).
Sadypus ascendens was named by Ameghino (1902). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mustersan of Patagonia, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

It was recombined as Meteutatus ascendens by Simpson (1948); it was considered a nomen dubium by Carlini et al. (2010).
Sadypus nepotulus was named by Ameghino (1902).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Carlini et al. (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1902	Meteutatus Ameghino p. 54
1902	Sadypus Ameghino p. 64
1902	Sadypus ascendens Ameghino p. 64
1902	Sadypus nepotulus Ameghino p. 65
1948	Meteutatus Simpson
1948	Meteutatus ascendens Simpson
1988	Meteutatus Carroll
1997	Meteutatus McKenna and Bell p. 84
2009	Meteutatus Carlini et al.
2010	Meteutatus Carlini et al.
2010	Sadypus Carlini et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Americatheria
—	Xenarthra	()
order	Cingulata	()
—	Dasypodoidea	(Gray 1821)
family	Dasypodidae	()
subfamily	Euphractinae	Winge 1923
tribe	Eutatini	Bordas 1933
genus	Meteutatus

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. †Meteutatus Ameghino 1902

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†Meteutatus anthinus Ameghino 1902

†Meteutatus concavus Ameghino 1902

†Meteutatus lagenaformis Ameghino 1897

†Meteutatus lucidus Ameghino 1902

†Meteutatus percarinatus Ameghino 1902

Invalid names: Sadypus Ameghino 1902 [synonym]

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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Mustersan to the top of the Chattian or 48.00000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (19 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Mustersan	48.0 - 42.0	Argentina (Chubut)	M. confluens (175761) Sadypus confluens, Sadypus ascendens (176286)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Brazil (Paraná)	M. sp. (186567)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Argentina (Chubut)	M. percarinatus (13779) Sadypus sp. (176189)
Tinguirirican	36.0 - 29.0	Argentina (Chubut)	M. sp., Sadypus sp., Sadypus confluens, Sadypus minutus (176200)
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 28.4	Argentina (Chubut)	M. lagenaformis (38653 38875) M. percarinatus (186572) Sadypus sp. (38650)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	Argentina (Chubut)	M. sp., Sadypus sp., M. lagenaformis, Sadypus tortuosus (176201)
Deseadan	29.0 - 21.0	Argentina (Chubut)	Proeutatus lagenaformis (14211) Sadypus sp., M. lagenaformis (146358 176465)
Deseadan	29.0 - 21.0	Argentina (Mendoza)	Dasypodidae indet. (176466)
Deseadan	29.0 - 21.0	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	M. lagenaformis (50074) Sadypus sp., M. lagenaformis (176269)
Late/Upper Oligocene	28.4 - 23.03	Argentina (Mendoza)	M. sp., M. lagenaformis (220946)
Chattian	28.1 - 23.03	Argentina (Chubut)	Sadypus sp., M. lagenaformis (49783)