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Vassallia

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae

Taxonomy
Vassallia was named by Castellanos (1927). It is not extant.

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

Species
V. maxima, V. minuta
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Vassallia Castellanos
1988Vassallia Carroll
1997Vassallia McKenna and Bell p. 86

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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
genusVassalliaCastellanos 1927

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. †Vassallia Castellanos 1927
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†Vassallia maxima Castellanos 1946
†Vassallia minuta Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Deseadan to the top of the Zanclean or 29.00000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Bolivia (Santa Cruz) V. minuta (68789)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Uruguay V. sp. (176487)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Catamarca) V. maxima (198548 204641) V. maxima, V. minuta (198546 198547) V. sp. (157794)
Huayquerian - Montehermosan8.0 - 3.8Argentina (Catamarca) V. maxima (203948)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Belén) V. maxima, V. minuta (189824)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Catamarca) V. maxima (198549 198553 198554)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) V. maxima (198555)