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Arthrodytes andrewsi
Taxonomy
Paraptenodytes andrewsi was named by Ameghino (1901).
It was synonymized subjectively with Arthrodytes grandis by Simpson (1972); it was recombined as Arthrodytes andrewsi by Ameghino (1905), Lambrecht (1933), Simpson (1946), Acosta Hospitaleche (2005), Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi (2008) and Tambussi et al. (2023).
It was synonymized subjectively with Arthrodytes grandis by Simpson (1972); it was recombined as Arthrodytes andrewsi by Ameghino (1905), Lambrecht (1933), Simpson (1946), Acosta Hospitaleche (2005), Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi (2008) and Tambussi et al. (2023).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1901 | Paraptenodytes andrewsi Ameghino p. 81 |
1905 | Arthrodytes andrewsi Ameghino p. 146 |
1933 | Arthrodytes andrewsi Lambrecht p. 233 |
1946 | Arthrodytes andrewsi Simpson p. 35 |
1963 | Paraptenodytes andrewsi Brodkorb p. 239 |
2005 | Arthrodytes andrewsi Acosta Hospitaleche p. 411 |
2008 | Arthrodytes andrewsi Acosta Hospitaleche and Tambussi p. 121 |
2023 | Arthrodytes andrewsi Tambussi et al. p. 272 |
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†Arthrodytes andrewsi Ameghino 1901
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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C. Acosta Hospitaleche and C. Tambussi 2008 | Considerably larger than any other
South American species. Humerus. Straight diaphysis and angulus preaxialis larger than in Paraptenodytes. Elongate condylus ventralis and dorsalis, whereas they are rounded in Paraptenodytes Total length of 142 mm. Femur. Large in size and dyaphysis rounded in section but depressed distally. Deep and well defined fossa poplitea. Absence of linea intermuscularis. |