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Plohophorus

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Plohophorus Ameghino
1889Plohophorus Ameghino
1894Plohophorus Lydekker p. 12
1914Plohophorus Rovereto p. 102
1958Plohophorus Hoffstetter
1991Plohophorus Marshall and Sempere
1993Plohophorus MacFadden et al. p. 235
1997Plohophorus McKenna and Bell p. 89
2008Plohophorus Fernicola

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
suborderGlyptodontia()
superfamilyGlyptodontoideaGray 1869
familyGlyptodontidaeBurmeister 1879
subfamilyPlohophorinaeCastellanos 1931
tribePlohophoriniCastellanos 1932
genusPlohophorusAmeghino 1887

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.

G. †Plohophorus Ameghino 1887
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†Plohophorus araucanus Ameghino 1904
†Plohophorus australis Moreno 1888
†Plohophorus barrancalobensis Zamorano and Scillato-Yané 2011
†Plohophorus coronatus Rovereto 1914
†Plohophorus cuneiformis Ameghino 1904
†Plohophorus figuratus Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Urotherium antiquum Ameghino 1888 [synonym]
†Plohophorus orientalis Ameghino 1889
†Plohophorus paranensis Ameghino 1891
†Plohophorus sygmaturus Ameghino 1895
†Plohophorus yrigoyeni Yrigoyen 1954
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: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Huayquerian to the top of the Chapadmalalan or 8.00000 to 3.00000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) P. sp. (55602)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Uruguay (San José) P. figuratus (113415)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Entre Ríos) P. paranensis (235747)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Argentina (Salta) P. sp. (206042)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Rio Negro) P. figuratus (145813)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Entre Rios) P. paranensis (55600)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) P. araucanus (87198)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. figuratus (191765)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. cuneiformis (61301) P. figuratus (152062 152081 152084 152085 152088 198686) P. figuratus, P. cuneiformis (198863)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Bolivia (Linares) P. sp. (71112)
Chapadmalalan3.8 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. figuratus (199154)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. barrancalobensis (202527) P. sp. (199155)