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Vermilingua

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Vermilingua was named as a superfamily.

It was corrected as Vermilinguia by Zittel (1893); it was misspelled as Vermiingua by Ameghino (1906), Carroll (1988), Gaudin (1995), Gaudin and Branham (1998); it was reranked as the suborder Vermilingua by Wilson and Reeder (2005).

It was assigned to Edentata by Zittel (1893); to Anicanodonta by Ameghino (1889), Ameghino (1906); to Pilosa by Carroll (1988), Gaudin (1995), Gaudin and Branham (1998); and to Pilosa by Wilson and Reeder (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Vermilinguia Ameghino p. 657
1893Vermilinguia Zittel p. 735
1906Vermiingua Ameghino p. 91
1988Vermilingua Carroll
1995Vermilingua Gaudin
1998Vermilingua Gaudin and Branham
2005Vermilingua Wilson and Reeder

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
superfamilyVermilingua
superfamilyVermilingua

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.

Superfm. †Vermilingua
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Fm. Cyclopedidae Pocock 1924
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G. Cyclopes Gray 1811
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Cyclopes didactyla Linnaeus 1758
G. †Palaeomyrmidon Rovereto 1914
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†Palaeomyrmidon incomptus Rovereto 1914
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G. Myrmecophaga Linnaeus 1758 [giant anteater]
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Myrmecophaga tridactyla Linnaeus 1758 [giant anteater]
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Invalid names: Myrmecophaga centralis Lyon 1906 [synonym], Myrmecophaga jubata Linnaeus 1766 [synonym]
Invalid names: Falcifer Rehn 1900 [synonym], Nunezia Kraglievich 1934 [synonym]
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G. †Neotamandua Rovereto 1914
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†Neotamandua australis Scillato-Yané and Carlini 1998
†Neotamandua borealis Hirschfeld 1976
†Neotamandua conspicua Rovereto 1914
†Neotamandua greslebini Kraglievich 1940
†Neotamandua magna Ameghino 1919
G. †Protamandua Ameghino 1904
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†Protamandua rothi Ameghino 1904
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Invalid names: Promyrmephagus dolichoarthrus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Promyrmephagus euryarthrus Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
Invalid names: Promyrmephagus Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
G. Tamandua Gray 1825 [tamandua]
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Tamandua mexicana Saussure 1860 [Northern tamandua]
Tamandua tetradactyla Linnaeus 1758 [southern tamandua]
G. †Palaeomyrmedon Roverto 1914
Invalid names: Adiastaltidae Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Anathitidae Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Myrmecophagina Gray 1825 [empty]
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: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Santacrucian to the top of the Holocene or 17.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.3 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Myrmecophagidae indet., Protamandua rothi, Promyrmephagus euryarthrus, Promyrmephagus dolichoarthrus (27313) Protamandua rothi (176581 176584 176585)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Río Negro) Neotamandua australis (74646)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Neotamandua borealis (136211 187114)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Myrmecophaga caroloameghinoi, Nunezia caroloameghinoi (198863) Myrmecophaga sp. (199153) Nunezia caroloameghinoi (13503)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) Palaeomyrmidon incomptus, Neotamandua sp. (157795)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4Mexico (Sonora) Myrmecophaga tridactyla (20322)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774Venezuela (Monagas) Myrmecophaga sp. (144977)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Myrmecophagidae indet. (230758)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Myrmecophaga tridactyla (71313)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Myrmecophaga tridactyla, Tamandua tetradactyla (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Cyclopes didactylus, Tamandua mexicana (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Myrmecophaga tridactyla, Cyclopes didactylus, Tamandua tetradactyla (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Myrmecophaga tridactyla, Cyclopes didactylus, Tamandua tetradactyla (21689)