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Propalaehoplophoridae

Mammalia - Cingulata - Propalaehoplophoridae

Taxonomy
Propalaehoplophoridae was named by Ameghino (1891). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Propalaehoplophorinae by Hoffstetter (1958), Castellanos (1959), Scillato-Yané (1977), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Kramarz et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Glyptodontia by Ameghino (1894); to Glyptodontia by Ameghino (1891) and Ameghino (1897); to Propalaehoplophoroidea by Fernicola (2008); and to Glyptodontidae by Hoffstetter (1958), Castellanos (1959), Scillato-Yané (1977), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Kramarz et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Propalaehoplophoridae Ameghino p. 40
1894Propalaehoplophoridae Ameghino p. 170
1897Propalaehoplophoridae Ameghino p. 507
1958Propalaehoplophorinae Hoffstetter
1959Propalaehoplophorinae Castellanos
1977Propalaehoplophorinae Scillato-Yané
1997Propalaehoplophorinae McKenna and Bell p. 88
2008Propalaehoplophoridae Fernicola
2010Propalaehoplophorinae Kramarz et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
suborderGlyptodontia()
infraorderPropalaehoplophoroineiAmeghino 1891
superfamilyPropalaehoplophoroideaAmeghino 1891
familyPropalaehoplophoridaeAmeghino 1891
familyPropalaehoplophoridaeAmeghino 1891

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. †Propalaehoplophoridae Ameghino 1891
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G. †Asterostemma Ameghino 1889
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Asterostemma depressa Ameghino 1889
G. †Cochlops Ameghino 1889
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Cochlops debilis Ameghino 1891
Cochlops muricatus Ameghino 1889
G. †Eucinepeltus Ameghino 1891
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Encinepeltus petesatus Ameghino 1891
Eucinepeltus crassus Scott 1903
Eucinepeltus informis Roth 1899
G. †Metopotoxus Ameghino 1895
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Metopotoxus anceps Scott 1903
Metopotoxus laevatus Ameghino 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available