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Pseudoglyptodon sallaensis

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Pseudoglyptodon sallaensis was named by Engelmann (1987). Its type specimen is PU20552, a mandible (partial left and right mandibles with four anterior teeth on the left, three on the right), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Salla, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Salla Formation of Bolivia. It is the type species of Pseudoglyptodon.

Entered
by D. Croft on 2004-04-22; modified by J. Zijlstra on 2016-02-21

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Pseudoglyptodon sallaensis Engelmann p. 217 figs. 1, 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
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
Phyllophaga(Owen 1842)
genusPseudoglyptodon
speciessallaensis

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.

Pseudoglyptodon sallaensis Engelmann 1987
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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: 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hasegawa and Otsuka 1979

Age range: Deseadan or 29.00000 to 21.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia (La Paz) Pseudoglyptodon sallaensis (133611)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia Pseudoglyptodon sallaensis (type locality: 95688)