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Panchothentes goini

Osteichthyes - Paucituberculata

Taxonomy
Panchothentes goini was named by Martin et al. (2024). Its type specimen is LIEB-PV 7594, a mandible (left mandible with p3-m4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro Zeballos, which is in a Burdigalian/Tortonian terrestrial tuff in the Collon Cura Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Panchothentes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Panchothentes goini Martin et al. p. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
orderPaucituberculataAmeghino 1894
superfamilyPalaeothentoidea
genusPanchothentes
speciesgoini

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.

†Panchothentes goini Martin et al. 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. M. Martin et al. 2024Palaeothentoid marsupial with a transversally wide p3, m1 with a large trigonid and a shorter talonid; m2-m3 talonids clearly longer than trigonids, with a labially displaced hypoconid and longer cristid obliqua reaching the protocristid in m1, shorter and oriented distally to the protoconid in m2; a straight and crest-like entoconid (instead of being lingually concave) with the postentocristid direc- ted posteriorly and not inflected towards the talonid basin or joined with the postcristid, except in m4; presence of a paraconid in m2
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:16:13
Modified: 2011-04-27 20:22:07
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.45000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.45 - 7.246Argentina (Chubut) Panchothentes goini (type locality: 237491)