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Palaeopeltis

Mammalia - Cingulata - Palaeopeltidae

Taxonomy
Palaeopeltis was named by Ameghino (1895). It is not extant. Its type is Palaeopeltis inornatus.

It was assigned to Glyptodontidae by Simpson (1948), Chaffee (1952); and to Palaeopeltidae by Ameghino (1897), Castellanos (1959), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997), Perea et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Palaeopeltis Ameghino
1897Palaeopeltis Ameghino p. 506
1948Palaeopeltis Simpson
1952Palaeopeltis Chaffee p. 516
1954Pseudorophodon Hoffestter
1959Palaeopeltis Castellanos
1988Palaeopeltis Carroll
1997Palaeopeltis McKenna and Bell p. 87
2014Palaeopeltis Perea et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
familyPalaeopeltidaeAmeghino 1894
genusPalaeopeltisAmeghino 1895

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. †Palaeopeltis Ameghino 1895
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†Palaeopeltis inornatus Ameghino 1894
†Palaeopeltis tesseratus Ameghino 1902
Invalid names: Pseudorophodon Hoffestter 1954 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Kiessling 2004, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Mustersan to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 48.00000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) P. tesseratus (176286)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Uruguay (Soriano) P. inornatus (176486)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) P. inornatus (14211)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Río Negro) P. inornatus (176646)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Argentina (Mendoza) P. inornatus (220946)