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Urotherium
Taxonomy
Urotherium was named by Castellanos (1926). It is not extant. Its type is Urotherium simplex.
It was assigned to Plohophorinae by Castellanos (1931); to Glyptodontidae by Carroll (1988); to Lomaphorini by Hoffstetter (1958), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fernicola (2008); and to Neuryurini by Scillato-Yané et al. (2013).
It was assigned to Plohophorinae by Castellanos (1931); to Glyptodontidae by Carroll (1988); to Lomaphorini by Hoffstetter (1958), McKenna and Bell (1997), Fernicola (2008); and to Neuryurini by Scillato-Yané et al. (2013).
Species
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Kouvari on 2019-09-11
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1926 | Urotherium Castellanos |
| 1931 | Urotherium Castellanos |
| 1958 | Urotherium Hoffstetter |
| 1988 | Urotherium Carroll |
| 1997 | Urotherium McKenna and Bell p. 89 |
| 2008 | Urotherium Fernicola |
| 2013 | Urotherium Scillato-Yané et al. |
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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. †Urotherium Castellanos 1926
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†Urotherium interundatum Ameghino 1885
†Urotherium simile Castellanos 1948
†Urotherium simplex Castellanos 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Deseadan to the top of the Chapadmalalan or 29.00000 to 3.00000 Ma
Collections (5 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deseadan | Uruguay | U. interundatum (176487) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | U. interundatum (55600) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Argentina (La Rioja) | U. sp. (152263) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | U. sp. (199154) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Jujuy) | U. sp. (141896) |