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Orophodontidae (disused)

Mammalia - Orophodontidae

Taxonomy
Orophodontidae was named by Ameghino (1894).

It was assigned to Gravigrada by Ameghino (1897).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Orophodontidae Ameghino p. 657
1897Orophodontidae Ameghino p. 504

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
—Phyllophaga(Owen 1842)
familyOrophodontidae
familyOrophodontidae

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.

Fm. †Orophodontidae Ameghino 1894
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Invalid names: Octodontobradyinae Santos et al. 1993 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-12 04:21:00
Modified: 2012-05-11 13:21:00
Source: subo = suborder, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hasegawa and Otsuka 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Deseadan to the top of the Burdigalian or 29.00000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia (None) Orophodontidae indet. (13276)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia Orophodontidae Taxon 1, Orophodontidae Taxon 2 (95688)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia (La Paz) Orophodontidae indet. (133611)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Lara) Orophodontidae indet. (145379)