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Thalassocnus
Taxonomy
Thalassocnus was named by Muizon and McDonald (1995). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Nothrotheriinae by Muizon and McDonald (1995), McDonald and Muizon (2002); to Megatheriidae by Amson et al. (2017); and to Thalassocninae by Muizon et al. (2004), Amson et al. (2017), De Los Arcos et al. (2017), Varela et al. (2019), Peralta-Prato and Solórzano (2019).
It was assigned to Nothrotheriinae by Muizon and McDonald (1995), McDonald and Muizon (2002); to Megatheriidae by Amson et al. (2017); and to Thalassocninae by Muizon et al. (2004), Amson et al. (2017), De Los Arcos et al. (2017), Varela et al. (2019), Peralta-Prato and Solórzano (2019).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1995 | Thalassocnus Muizon and McDonald p. 224 |
| 2002 | Thalassocnus McDonald and Muizon p. 350 |
| 2004 | Thalassocnus Muizon et al. p. 389 |
| 2017 | Thalassocnus Amson et al. p. 231 figs. Fig. 10 |
| 2017 | Thalassocnus Amson et al. |
| 2017 | Thalassocnus De Los Arcos et al. p. 355 |
| 2019 | Thalassocnus Peralta-Prato and Solórzano p. 696 |
| 2019 | Thalassocnus Varela et al. |
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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. †Thalassocnus Muizon and McDonald 1995
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†Thalassocnus antiquus Muizon et al. 2003
†Thalassocnus carolomartini McDonald and Muizon 2002
†Thalassocnus littoralis McDonald and Muizon 2002
†Thalassocnus natans Muizon and McDonald 1995
†Thalassocnus yaucensis Muizon et al. 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hasegawa and Otsuka 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma
Collections (14 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tortonian | Peru (Arequipa) | T. antiquus (45485) | |
| Tortonian | Peru | T. sp. (183918) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Peru | T. carolomartini (46083) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Chile (Copiapó) | T. sp. (224048) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene | Argentina (Jujuy) | T. sp. (212110) | |
| Messinian | Chile | T. natans (154642) T. sp. (84454) | |
| Messinian | Chile (Atacama) | T. sp. (55535) | |
| Messinian | Peru (Caraveli) | T. natans (46084) | |
| Messinian | Peru | Dugongidae indet. (131911) T. littoralis (13079) | |
| Zanclean | Peru | T. yaucensis (84485) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Chile | T. carolomartini (192000 192001) |