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Thalassocnus carolomartini

Osteichthyes - Nothrotheriidae

Taxonomy
Thalassocnus carolomartini was named by McDonald and Muizon (2002) [SMNK = Staatliche Museum fur Naturkunde, Karlsruhe, Germany]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is SMNK PAL 3814. Its type locality is Sacaco (SAO horizon), which is in a Tortonian/Messinian paralic siltstone in the Pisco Formation of Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Thalassocnus carolomartini McDonald and Muizon p. 358 figs. Figure 8
2004Thalassocnus carolomartini Muizon et al. p. 389
2017Thalassocnus carolomartini Amson et al. p. 231 figs. Fig. 10
2017Thalassocnus carolomartini De Los Arcos et al. p. 355 figs. Figs. 5-17

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
Folivora
Eufolivora
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
Megatheria
familyNothrotheriidaeAmeghino 1920
subfamilyThalassocninae
genusThalassocnus
speciescarolomartini

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.

Thalassocnus carolomartini McDonald and Muizon 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticg
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-12 04:18:03
Modified: 2012-05-11 13:18:03
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hasegawa and Otsuka 1979, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333Peru Thalassocnus carolomartini (type locality: 46083)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Chile Thalassocnus carolomartini (192000 192001)