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Eopachyrucos pliciformis

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Taxonomy
Eopachyrucos pliciformis was named by Simpson (1967). Its type locality is Mustersan of Patagonia, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina. It is the type species of Eopachyrucos.

It was synonymized objectively with Eopachyrucos pliciferus by Hitz et al. (2000).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Eopachyrucos pliciferus Ameghino p. 374
1967Eopachyrucos pliciformis Simpson p. 116
2010Eopachyrucos pliciformis Reguero and Prevosti

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
—PaenungulataSimpson 1945
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
familyInteratheriidae(Ameghino 1887)
subfamilyInteratheriinae
genusEopachyrucos
speciespliciformisSimpson 1967

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.

†Eopachyrucos pliciformis Simpson 1967
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Invalid names: Eopachyrucos pliciferus Ameghino 1901 [objective synonym]
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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Mustersan to the top of the Tinguirirican or 48.00000 to 29.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) Eopachyrucos pliciformis (type locality: 176286)
Tinguirirican36.0 - 29.0Argentina (Chubut) Eopachyrucos pliciformis (176200)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina (Chubut) Eopachyrucos pliciferus (38611 38653 186572)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina (Rio Negro) Eopachyrucos pliciferus (38651)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Argentina (Chubut) Eopachyrucos pliciformis (176201)