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Stegotheriopsis

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Stegotheriopsis was named by Bordas (1939). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dasypodidae by Carroll (1988).

Species
S. gaimanensis

Synonyms
  • Stegotheriopsis gaimanensis was named by Bordas (1939). Its type specimen is 11753, an osteoderm (group of articulated mobile plates and isolated semi-mobile plates), and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was considered an invalid subgroup of Stegotheriopsis by Bordas (1939).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Stegotheriopsis Bordas
1939Stegotheriopsis gaimanensis Bordas
1988Stegotheriopsis 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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
—Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
genusStegotheriopsisBordas 1939

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. †Stegotheriopsis Bordas 1939
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Invalid names: Stegotheriopsis gaimanensis Bordas 1939 [invalid subgroup]
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: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991
Collections
No collection or age range data are available