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Thoatherium minusculum

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Proterotheriidae

Taxonomy
Thoatherium minusculum was named by Ameghino (1887).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Thoatherium minusculum Ameghino
1891Thoatherium minusculum Ameghino p. 11
1891Merycodon rusticus Mercerat
1894Thoatherium minusculum Ameghino p. 45
2022Thoatherium minusculum Vizcaíno 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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
orderPanameriungulata
suborderLitopterna(Ameghino 1889)
familyProterotheriidaeAmeghino 1887
genusThoatheriumAmeghino 1887
speciesminusculumAmeghino 1887

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.

†Thoatherium minusculum Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Merycodon rusticus Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 21 kgs
Minimum body mass: 21 kgs
Body mass estimate: 21 kg
Body mass source: publisheds
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-04-14 01:35:09
Modified: 2013-04-13 10:35:09
Source: s = species, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Vizcaíno et al. 2010, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Aisén) Thoatherium minusculum (71843)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Argentina (Santa Cruz) Thoatherium minusculum (197691)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Thoatherium minusculum (87314 142533 176570 176576 176590 176601 176602 176603 176635 204358 207604 210638 210787)