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Zacatzontli cotobrusensis

Mammalia - Megalonychidae

Taxonomy
Zacatzontli cotobrusensis was named by Valerio et al. (2022). Its type specimen is CFM-2916, a mandible (posterior fragment of a left mandible with mf2-mf3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is San Gerardo de Limoncito, which is in a Hemphillian deltaic conglomerate in the Curré Formation of Costa Rica.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2022Zacatzontli cotobrusensis Valerio et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
familyMegalonychidaeGervais 1855
genusZacatzontli
speciescotobrusensis

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.

†Zacatzontli cotobrusensis Valerio et al. 2022
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:30:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Hemphillian or 10.30000 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9Costa Rica (Puntarenas) Zacatzontli cotobrusensis (type locality: 144596)