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Moqueguahippus glycisma

Osteichthyes - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Moqueguahippus glycisma was named by Shockey et al. (2006). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MUSM 348, partial left mandible bearing p1-3, m2-3, a mandible. Its type locality is Moquegua, Upper Moquega Fm, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Upper Moquegua Formation of Peru. It is the type species of Moqueguahippus.

Entered
by D. Croft on 2006-04-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Moqueguahippus glycisma Shockey et al. p. 207 fig. 3
2009Moqueguahippus glycisma Shockey et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
Eutoxodontia
genusMoqueguahippus
speciesglycisma

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.

Moqueguahippus glycisma Shockey et al. 2006
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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, MacFadden et al. 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Deseadan or 29.00000 to 21.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Peru (Moquegua) Moqueguahippus glycisma (type locality: 59940 176469 176470 176471)