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Santiagorothia chiliensis

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Taxonomy
Santiagorothia chiliensis was named by Hitz et al. (2000). Its type specimen is SGOPV 2914, a skull (skull and mandibles with nearly complete dentition), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tinguiririca Locality Sets 1 & 2, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial volcaniclastic in the Abanico Formation of Chile. It is the type species of Santiagorothia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2000Santiagorothia chiliensis Hitz et al. p. 5 fig. 4
2010Santiagorothia chiliensis Reguero and Prevosti

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
familyInteratheriidae(Ameghino 1887)
subfamilyInteratheriinae
genusSantiagorothia
specieschiliensis

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.

†Santiagorothia chiliensis Hitz et al. 2000
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Tinguirirican or 33.90000 to 29.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tinguirirican36.0 - 29.0Argentina (Chubut) Santiagorothia chiliensis (176200)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Argentina (Chubut) Santiagorothia chiliensis (38611 38650 38652 38653)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Argentina (Rio Negro) Santiagorothia chiliensis (38651)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Chile Interatheriinae sp. nov. A (type locality: 38072)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Argentina (Chubut) Santiagorothia chiliensis (176201)