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Antepithecus brachystephanus

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Antepithecus brachystephanus was named by Ameghino (1901). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Antepithecus.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Antepithecus brachystephanus Ameghino p. 356
1901Infrapithecus cinctus Ameghino p. 357
1901Pseudadiantus secans Ameghino p. 376
1901Pseudadiantus imperfectus Ameghino p. 377
1902Adpithecus reduncus Ameghino p. 8–9
1904Antepithecus interrasus Ameghino p. 5
1904Gonopithecus trigonodontoides Ameghino p. 6
1967Antepithecus brachystephanus Simpson
2010Antepithecus brachystephanus Reguero and Prevosti
2014Antepithecus brachystephanus Vera and Cerdeño

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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
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
—Notopithecidae()
genusAntepithecus
speciesbrachystephanus

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.

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Invalid names: Adpithecus reduncus Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Antepithecus interrasus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Gonopithecus trigonodontoides Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Infrapithecus cinctus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Pseudadiantus imperfectus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Pseudadiantus secans Ameghino 1901 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, MacFadden et al. 1996

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Antepithecus brachystephanus (175743) Pseudadiantus secans, Pseudadiantus imperfectus, Adpithecus reduncus (176285)
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Chile Antepithecus brachystephanus (186784)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Antepithecus brachystephanus (176164)
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) Antepithecus brachystephanus (38879 176194)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Antepithecus brachystephanus (49900 176167 176169 176180 176181 176182 176183 176185) Antepithecus brachystephanus, Infrapithecus cinctus, Antepithecus interrasus (type locality: 13779)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Argentina (Santa Cruz) Antepithecus brachystephanus (176494)