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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
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 73.4 kgg
Minimum body mass: 73.4 kgg
Body mass estimate: 73.4 kg
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: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Vizcaíno et al. 2010

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Laventan or 28.40000 to 11.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) Propalaehoplophorinae indet. (92670)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Argentina (Mendoza) Propalaehoplophorinae indet. (220946)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Neuquén) Propalaehoplophorinae indet. (89029 197285)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Río Negro) Propalaehoplophorinae indet. (89093)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) Cochlops indet., Propalaehoplophorus indet. (176441) Propalaehoplophorinae indet. (141368)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Aisén) Propalaeohoplophorus sp. (71843)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) Propalaehoplophorinae indet. (176205)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Magallanes) Propalaehoplophorinae indet. (204203)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Argentina (Santa Cruz) Propalaehoplophoridae indet. (197691)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Asterostemma depressa (176567) Cochlops debilis (206237) Cochlops sp., Propalaehoplophoridae indet. (176571) Cochlops sp., Propalaehoplophoridae indet., Cochlops muricatus (176625) Cochlops sp., Propalaehoplophoridae indet., Eucinepeltus sp. (176623) Eucinepeltus petesatus (176570) Eucinepeltus sp. (87314) Propalaehoplophorinae indet. (176565 176641 206235 206246 210153 210154) Propalaehoplophorinae indet., Eucinepeltus petestatus, Eucinepeltus complicatus (204358) Propalaehoplophorinae indet., Propalaehoplophorus australis (176603) Propalaehoplophorus australis (176601) Propalaehoplophorus australis, Cochlops muricatus (176602) Propalaehoplophorus australis, Cochlops muricatus, Metopotoxus laevatus (27313) Propalaehoplophorus incisivus, Propalaehoplophorus minus, Cochlops muricatus, Propalaehoplophorus sp. 1 (142533) Propalaehoplophorus sp., Cochlops muricatus (176578) Propalaehoplophorus sp., Propalaehoplophoridae indet., Cochlops muricatus, Eucinepeltus sp. (176622)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Chile Propalaehoplophorus sp. (176666)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Chile (Aisén) Eucinepeltus petesatus (139845)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Argentina (Chubut) Propalaehoplophorinae indet. (215594 215595)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Mendoza) Propalaehoplophorinae indet. (145811)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Bolivia (Tarija) Glyptodontidae indet. (38071)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Asterostemma sp. (55602)