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Homalodontotherium

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Homalodontotheridae

Taxonomy
Homalodontotherium was named by Huxley (1870). It is the type genus of Homalodontotheridae.

It was assigned to Homalodontotheridae by Ameghino (1889), Ameghino (1891), Lydekker (1894) and Ameghino (1894).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Homalodontotherium Huxley
1889Homalodontotherium Ameghino p. 551
1891Homalodontotherium Ameghino p. 9
1894Homalodontotherium Ameghino p. 63
1894Homalodontotherium Lydekker p. 44

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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
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
PaenungulataSimpson 1945
Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderEntelonychia
familyHomalodontotheridae
genusHomalodontotheriumHuxley 1870

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. †Homalodontotherium Huxley 1870
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Homalodontotherium crassum Ameghino 1894
Homalodontotherium excursum Ameghino 1894
Homalodontotherium segoviae Ameghino 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden et al. 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Deseadan to the top of the Laventan or 29.00000 to 11.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) H. sp. (50074)
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Tolima) Homalodontotherium indet. (132559)