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Palaeothentidae
Taxonomy
Palaeothentidae was named by Sinclair (1906).
It was assigned to Caenolestoidea by Flynn et al. (2002); to Paucituberculata by Rae and Bown (1996), Kramarz et al. (2010) and Abello et al. (2012); and to Palaeothentoidea by Goin et al. (2009) and Engelman et al. (2017).
It was assigned to Caenolestoidea by Flynn et al. (2002); to Paucituberculata by Rae and Bown (1996), Kramarz et al. (2010) and Abello et al. (2012); and to Palaeothentoidea by Goin et al. (2009) and Engelman et al. (2017).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1906 | Palaeothentidae Sinclair |
| 1996 | Palaeothentidae Rae and Bown |
| 2002 | Palaeothentidae Flynn et al. p. 292 |
| 2009 | Palaeothentidae Goin et al. |
| 2010 | Palaeothentidae Kramarz et al. |
| 2012 | Palaeothentidae Abello et al. |
| 2017 | Palaeothentidae Engelman 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.
Fm. †Palaeothentidae Sinclair 1906
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Subfm. †Acdestinae Bown and Fleagle 1993
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G. †Acdestis Ameghino 1887
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†Acdestis elatus Ameghino 1891
†Acdestis lemairei Bown and Fleagle 1993
†Acdestis maddeni Goin et al. 2003
†Acdestis oweni Ameghino 1887
†Acdestis parvus Ameghino 1891
†Acdestis spegazzinii Ameghino 1890
G. †Antawallathentes Rincón et al. 2015
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†Antawallathentes illimani Rincón et al. 2015
†Antawallathentes quinzacruza Rincón et al. 2015
Subfm. †Decastinae Ameghino 1894
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G. †Metriodromus Ameghino 1894
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†Metriodromus arenarus Ameghino 1894
†Metriodromus spectans Ameghino 1894
G. †Palaeothentes Ameghino 1887
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†Palaeothentes aratae Moreno 1882
†Palaeothentes boliviensis Patterson and Marshall 1978
†Palaeothentes intermedius Ameghino 1887
†Palaeothentes lemoinei Ameghino 1887
†Palaeothentes marshalli Bown and Fleagle 1993
†Palaeothentes migueli Bown and Fleagle 1993
†Palaeothentes minutus Ameghino 1887
†Palaeothentes pachygnathus Ameghino 1887
†Palaeothentes pascuali Bown and Fleagle 1993
†Palaeothentes pressiforatus Ameghino 1887
†Palaeothentes primus Ameghino 1902
†Palaeothentes relictus Engelman et al. 2017
†Palaeothentes serratus Engelman et al. 2017
†Palaeothentes smeti Flynn et al. 2002
Subfm. †Palaeothentinae
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G. †Propalaeothentes Bown and Fleagle 1993
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†Propalaeothentes hatcheri Bown and Fleagle 1993
†Propalaeothentes lepidus Bown and Fleagle 1993
G. †Parabderites Ameghino 1902
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†Parabderites bicrispatus Ameghino 1902
†Parabderites minusculus Ameghino 1902
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Hopson 1973, Vizcaíno et al. 2010, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Serravallian or 37.20000 to 11.62000 Ma
Collections (62 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Priabonian - Rupelian | Peru (Loreto) | Sasawatsu sp. (144474) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Peru (San Martín) | Palaeothentinae indet. 1 (225589) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Peru | P. n. sp. C, P. n. sp. D, Palaeothentidae indet. (199559) | |
| Rupelian | Argentina (Chubut) | Palaeothentidae indet., Trelewthentes rothi, Palaeothentes marshalli, Palaeothentes migueli (176201) | |
| Rupelian | Peru (Departamento de Ucayali) | Sasawatsu mahaynaq (149523) | |
| Rupelian - Chattian | Peru | Palaeothentinae indet. 2 (199562) | |
| Deseadan | Argentina (Chubut) | Epanorthus chubutensis, Parabderites minusculus, Palaeothentes chubutensis, Callomenus praecursor, Acdestodon bonapartei (14211) | |
| Deseadan | Bolivia (La Paz) | Antawallathentes illimani (174773) Antawallathentes quimsacruza (202144) Palaeothentes boliviensis (14210) Palaeothentinae indet., Palaeothentes boliviensis (133596) | |
| Deseadan | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Palaeothentes boliviensis (50074) | |
| Deseadan | Bolivia | Palaeothentinae indet., Palaeothentes boliviensis (95688) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Peru (Loreto) | Palaeothentidae indet. (176130) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Parabderites sp., Palaeothentes lemoinei (145899) | |
| Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Palaeothentes sp. (89027) | |
| Colhuehuapian | Argentina (Chubut) | Palaeothentidae indet. (176441) Parabderites bicrispatus (141368) | |
| Burdigalian | Argentina (Chubut) | Palaeothentes minutus, Titanothentes sp. (176205) | |
| Burdigalian | Chile (Aisén) | Palaeothentes smeti, Palaeothentes intermedius, Palaeothentes minutus, Palaeothentes pascuali (71843) | |
| Burdigalian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Acdestis oweni (59319) Acdestis oweni, Palaeothentes minutus (59133) Acdestis oweni, Palaeothentes minutus, Acdestis lemairei (59321 59323) Acdestis oweni, Palaeothentes minutus, Propalaeothentes lepidus (59320) | |
| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | Acdestis oweni (59332 87314 176576 176580 176582) Acdestis oweni, Palaeothentes aratae, Palaeothentes intermedius, Palaeothentes minutus (176590) Acdestis oweni, Palaeothentes aratae, Palaeothentes lemoinei, Palaeothentes intermedius (176594) Acdestis oweni, Palaeothentes lemoinei, Palaeothentes intermedius, Palaeothentes minutus (176565 210638 210786) Acdestis oweni, Palaeothentes lemoinei, Palaeothentes intermedius, Palaeothentes minutus, Acdestis lemairei, Propalaeothentes lepidus, Propalaeothentes hatcheri (144940) Acdestis owenii (176578) Palaeothentes aratae, Palaeothentes lemoinei, Palaeothentes intermedius, Palaeothentes minutus, Acdestis owenii, Acdestis lemairei (176571) Palaeothentes aratae, Palaeothentes lemoinei, Palaeothentes intermedius, Palaeothentes minutus, Palaeothentes pascuali, Acdestis owenii, Acdestis lemairei (176563) Palaeothentes aratae, Palaeothentes lemoinei, Palaeothentes intermedius, Palaeothentes minutus, Palaeothentes pascuali, Acdestis owenii, Acdestis lemairei, Propalaeothentes lepidus (176570) Palaeothentes aratae, Palaeothentes lemoinei, Palaeothentes minutus (176575) Palaeothentes lemoinei (176602) Palaeothentes lemoinei, Acdestis owenii, Propalaeothentes lepidus (59334) Palaeothentes lemoinei, Palaeothentes intermedius (176566) Palaeothentes lemoinei, Palaeothentes intermedius, Acdestis owenii (59333) Palaeothentes lemoinei, Palaeothentes minutus (142533 210637 210787) Palaeothentes minutus (142529 176601) Palaeothentes sp. (176622 206243) Parabderites sp. (176596) | |
| Santacrucian | Argentina (San Juan) | Palaeothentes sp. (197900) | |
| Santacrucian | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | Palaeothentes lemoinei (207743) | |
| Friasian | Chile (Aisén) | Palaeothentes lemoinei, Palaeothentes intermedius, Palaeothentes minutus, Parabderites bicrispatus (139845) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Argentina (Chubut) | Palaeothentes serratus (215594 215595) | |
| Middle Miocene | Brazil (Acre) | Palaeothentinae indet. (232445 232446) | |
| Serravallian | Peru (San Martin) | Palaeothentes sp. (230802) | |
| Laventan | Bolivia (Tarija) | Acdestis maddeni (133664) |