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Metopotoxus
Taxonomy
Metopotoxus was named by Ameghino (1895). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Glyptodontidae by Carroll (1988); to Propalaehoplophorinae by Hoffstetter (1958), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Propalaehoplophoridae by Ameghino (1898), Fernicola (2008).
It was assigned to Glyptodontidae by Carroll (1988); to Propalaehoplophorinae by Hoffstetter (1958), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Propalaehoplophoridae by Ameghino (1898), Fernicola (2008).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1895 | Metopotoxus Ameghino |
| 1898 | Metopotoxus Ameghino |
| 1958 | Metopotoxus Hoffstetter |
| 1988 | Metopotoxus Carroll |
| 1997 | Metopotoxus McKenna and Bell p. 87 |
| 2008 | Metopotoxus Fernicola |
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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. †Metopotoxus Ameghino 1895
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†Metopotoxus anceps Scott 1903
†Metopotoxus laevatus Ameghino 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | M. laevatus (27313) |