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Macrochorobates

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Macrochorobates was named by Scillato Yané (1980). It is not extant.

It was synonymized objectively with Acantharodeia by McKenna and Bell (1997).

It was assigned to Dasypodidae by Scillato Yané (1980).

Species
Acantharodeia spicata, M. chapadmalensis, M. scalabrinii
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. istilarti

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Acantharodeia Rovereto
1980Macrochorobates Scillato Yané p. 26
1997Acantharodeia McKenna and Bell p. 85

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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
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
—Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
genusMacrochorobatesScillato Yané 1980

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.

G. †Macrochorobates Scillato Yané 1980
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†Macrochorobates scalabrinii Moreno and Mercerat 1891
Invalid names: Acantharodeia Rovereto 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:31:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Montehermosan or 7.24600 to 3.80000 Ma

Collections (37 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Jujuy) M. chapalmalensis, M. scalabrinii (201998)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Salta) M. sp. (197784)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Mendoza) M. scalabrinii (231327)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Rioja) M. scalabrinii (55596) M. sp. (151506)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) M. scalabrinii (87198 151498 151499 151500 152061 152063 152065 192135 204363)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. scalabrinii (198270) M. sp. (61298 61299)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Catamarca) M. scalabrinii (198542 198547 198548)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (San Juan) M. scalabrinii (209699)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (La Pampa) M. chapadmalensis (140932 152067)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (Jujuy) M. scalabrinii (152079)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Argentina (La Rioja) M. scalabrinii (157303)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Catamarca) M. scalabrinii (198549)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. sp. (191774 191776)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Belén) M. scalabrinii (189824)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. istilarti (207597)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. chapadmalensis (152062 152081) M. chapalmalensis (198863)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Catamarca) M. scalabrinii (198551)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (San Luis) M. chapadmalensis (152073)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) M. sp. (199154 199156)