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Palaeothentes minutus

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Palaeothentidae

Taxonomy
Palaeothentes minutus was named by Ameghino (1887).

It was recombined as Paraepanorthus minutus by Ameghino (1894).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Palaeothentes minutus Ameghino
1894Paraepanorthus minutus Ameghino p. 93
1990Palaeothentes minutus Marshall p. 27
2010Palaeothentes minutus Kramarz et al.
2012Palaeothentes minutus Abello 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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
orderPaucituberculataAmeghino 1894
superfamilyPalaeothentoidea
familyPalaeothentidaeSinclair 1906
genusPalaeothentesAmeghino 1887
speciesminutusAmeghino 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.

†Palaeothentes minutus Ameghino 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 83 gs
Minimum body mass: 83 gs
Body mass estimate: 83 g
Body mass source: publisheds
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-04-14 01:22:24
Modified: 2013-04-13 10:22:24
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Vizcaíno et al. 2010, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Clemens 1979

Age range: base of the Santacrucian to the top of the Burdigalian or 17.50000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) Palaeothentes minutus (176205)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Palaeothentes minutus (59133 59320 59321 59323)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Aisén) Palaeothentes minutus (71843)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Palaeothentes minutus (142529 142533 144940 176563 176565 176570 176571 176575 176590 176601 210637 210638 210786 210787)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Chile (Aisén) Palaeothentes minutus (139845)