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Asterostemma

Mammalia - Cingulata - Propalaehoplophoridae

Taxonomy
Asterostemma was named by Ameghino (1889). Its type is Asterostemma depressa.

It was assigned to Hoplophoridae by Ameghino (1889); to Glyptodontidae by Scott (1903), Carroll (1988); to Propalaehoplophorinae by Hoffstetter (1958), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Propalaehoplophoridae by Ameghino (1891), Ameghino (1894), Fernicola (2008).

Species
A. depressa (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Asterostemma Ameghino p. 822
1891Asterostemma Ameghino
1894Asterostemma Ameghino p. 171
1903Asterostemma Scott
1958Asterostemma Hoffstetter
1988Asterostemma Carroll
1997Asterostemma McKenna and Bell p. 87
2008Asterostemma Fernicola

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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()
infraorderPropalaehoplophoroineiAmeghino 1891
superfamilyPropalaehoplophoroideaAmeghino 1891
familyPropalaehoplophoridaeAmeghino 1891
genusAsterostemma

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. †Asterostemma Ameghino 1889
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†Asterostemma depressa Ameghino 1889
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, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Santacrucian to the top of the Tortonian or 17.50000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) A. depressa (176567)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) A. sp. (55602)