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Sallatherium altiplanense

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Sallatherium altiplanense was named by Reguero and Cerdeño (2005) [Holotype is partial skull and mandibles]. Its type specimen is UF 91621, a partial skull (partial skull with right and left com- plete upper dental series I1-M3, and associated incomplete man- dible with right i1-3, p1-m3 and left i1-3, p1-m2), 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 Sallatherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Sallatherium altiplanense Reguero and Cerdeño pp. 675-676 figs. 2, 3

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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
Hegetotheriidae(Ameghino 1894)
Hegetotheriinae(Ameghino 1894)
genusSallatherium
speciesaltiplanense

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.

Sallatherium altiplanense Reguero and Cerdeño 2005
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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, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, MacFadden et al. 1996, Hendy et al. 2009

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) Sallatherium altiplanense (13081)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia Sallatherium altiplanense (type locality: 95688)