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Boreostemma pliocena

Mammalia - Cingulata - Glyptodontidae

Taxonomy
Boreostemma pliocena was named by Carlini et al. (2008). Its type specimen is no number listed, an osteoderm (30 osteoderms palate fragment with M6-7 alveoli), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Road to Tio Gregorio Locality, which is in a Messinian/Zanclean fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Codore Formation of Venezuela. It is the type species of Boreostemma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Boreostemma pliocena Carlini et al. p. 142 figs. Figs. 2A-D, 3

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
suborderGlyptodontia()
superfamilyGlyptodontoideaGray 1869
familyGlyptodontidaeBurmeister 1879
subfamilyGlyptodontinaeGray 1869
genusBoreostemma
speciespliocena

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.

†Boreostemma pliocena Carlini et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available