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Holmesina septentrionalis

Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae

Taxonomy
Glyptodon septentrionalis was named by Leidy (1889). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Chlamydotherium.

It was recombined as Chlamytherium septentrionalis by Sellards (1915); it was recombined as Chlamytherium septentrionale by Hay (1930), James (1957); it was recombined as Chlamydotherium septentrionalis by Lundelius (1972); it was recombined as Pampatherium septentrionalis by Robertson (1976); it was recombined as Holmesina septentrionalis by Simpson (1930), Hibbard (1955), Bader (1957), Kurten and Anderson (1980), Edmund (1987), Hulbert and Morgan (1993), Edmund (1996), Pinsof and Echols (1997), Hulbert and Pratt (1998), McDonald and Naples (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Glyptodon septentrionalis Leidy
1915Chlamytherium septentrionalis Sellards p. 143
1930Chlamytherium septentrionale Hay p. 418
1930Holmesina septentrionalis Simpson
1955Holmesina septentrionalis Hibbard p. 50
1957Holmesina septentrionalis Bader p. 63
1957Chlamytherium septentrionale James p. 798
1972Chlamydotherium septentrionalis Lundelius, Jr.
1976Pampatherium septentrionalis Robertson
1980Holmesina septentrionalis Kurten and Anderson p. 129
1987Holmesina septentrionalis Edmund
1993Holmesina septentrionalis Hulbert, Jr. and Morgan
1996Holmesina septentrionalis Edmund p. 311
1997Holmesina septentrionalis Pinsof and Echols
1998Holmesina septentrionalis Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt
2007Holmesina septentrionalis McDonald and Naples p. 152

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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()
orderCingulata()
suborderGlyptodontia()
superfamilyGlyptodontoideaGray 1869
familyPampatheriidaePaula Couto 1954
genusHolmesina
speciesseptentrionalis(Leidy 1889)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
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, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Rancholabrean or 2.58800 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8El Salvador Holmesina septentrionalis (70118)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Pampatherium septentrionalis (20285)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Chlamytherium septentrionale (85138 85139 85141 156789) Chlamytherium septentrionalis (85137) Holmesina sp. (85140)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Holmesina septentrionalis (65405)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Holmesina septentrionalis (227368)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Texas) Chlamytherium septentrionale (20342) Holmesina septentrionalis (20530)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Kansas) Holmesina septentrionalis (20390)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Mexico (Aguascalientes) Holmesina septentrionale (20283)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Chlamytherium septentrionalis (20289 20520) Holmesina septentrionalis (20415)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Texas) Chlamytherium septentrionale (225289)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Holmesina septentrionalis (20440 20491)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (South Carolina) Holmesina septentrionalis (79750 79757)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Holmesina septentrionalis (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Chlamytherium septentrionale (85136)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Chlamytherium septentrionale (154771) Chlamytherium septentrionalis (20608 154921)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Chlamytherium septentrionalis (20571 20594 20629 20634 20636 20647 20653) Holmesina septentrionalis (20581 20616)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Holmesina septentrionalis (79763)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Holmesina septentrionalis (20586 20603)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Holmesina septentrionalis (20613)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Holmesina septentrionalis (85142 230753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Chlamytherium septentrionalis (20638 34269 74292) Holmesina septentrionalis (154804 154910)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Holmesina septentrionalis (93103)