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Acoelodus debilitatus

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Acoelodus debilitatus was named by Ameghino (1901). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

It was recombined as Oldfieldthomasia debilitata by Simpson (1967) and Marshall et al. (1986).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Acoelodus debilitatus Ameghino p. 369
1901Oldfieldthomasia cingulata Ameghino p. 370
1901Oldfieldthomasia cuneata Ameghino p. 370
1901Oldfieldthomasia furcata Ameghino p. 370
1901Oldfieldthomasia conifera Ameghino p. 371
1901Oldfieldthomasia transversa Ameghino p. 372
1904Antepithecus innexus Ameghino p. 5
1904Oldfieldthomasia plicata Ameghino p. 9
1967Antepithecus innexus Simpson
1967Oldfieldthomasia debilitata Simpson
1967Oldfieldthomasia transversa Simpson
1986Oldfieldthomasia debilitata Marshall et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
—PaenungulataSimpson 1945
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
genusAcoelodus
speciesdebilitatus

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.

†Acoelodus debilitatus Ameghino 1901
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996

Age range: Casamayoran or 56.00000 to 48.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Acoelodus debilitatus (type locality: 176285)