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Palaeopeltis
Taxonomy
Palaeopeltis was named by Ameghino (1895). It is not extant. Its type is Palaeopeltis inornatus.
It was assigned to Glyptodontidae by Simpson (1948) and Chaffee (1952); and to Palaeopeltidae by Ameghino (1897), Castellanos (1959), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Perea et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Glyptodontidae by Simpson (1948) and Chaffee (1952); and to Palaeopeltidae by Ameghino (1897), Castellanos (1959), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Perea et al. (2014).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1895 | Palaeopeltis Ameghino |
| 1897 | Palaeopeltis Ameghino p. 506 |
| 1948 | Palaeopeltis Simpson |
| 1952 | Palaeopeltis Chaffee p. 516 |
| 1954 | Pseudorophodon Hoffestter |
| 1959 | Palaeopeltis Castellanos |
| 1988 | Palaeopeltis Carroll |
| 1997 | Palaeopeltis McKenna and Bell p. 87 |
| 2014 | Palaeopeltis Perea 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.
G. †Palaeopeltis Ameghino 1895
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†Palaeopeltis inornatus Ameghino 1894
†Palaeopeltis tesseratus Ameghino 1902
Invalid names: Pseudorophodon Hoffestter 1954 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available