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Plohophorops

Osteichthyes - Cingulata

Taxonomy
Plohophorops was named by Rusconi (1934). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Glyptodontidae by Marshall and Sempere (1991); to Plohophorini by Hoffstetter (1958), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Glyptodontia by Fernicola (2008).

Entered
by D. Weinstein (authorized by D. Croft) on 2007-04-04; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Plohophorops Rusconi p. 106
1958Plohophorops Hoffstetter
1991Plohophorops Marshall and Sempere
1997Plohophorops McKenna and Bell p. 89
2008Plohophorops Fernicola

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
suborderGlyptodontia()
genusPlohophoropsRusconi 1934

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. †Plohophorops Rusconi 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:20:40
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:20:40
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Bolivia (La Paz) P. sp. (70642)