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Prozaedyus proximus

Mammalia - Cingulata - Chlamyphoridae

Taxonomy
Euphractus proximus was named by Ameghino (1887).

It was recombined as Zaedyus proximus by Ameghino (1889); it was recombined as Prozaedius proximus by Ameghino (1891) and Ameghino (1894); it was recombined as Prozaedyus proximus by Carlini et al. (2010) and Vizcaíno et al. (2022).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. impressus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Euphractus proximus Ameghino
1889Zaedyus proximus Ameghino p. 867
1891Prozaedius proximus Ameghino p. 41
1894Prozaedius proximus Ameghino p. 173
2010Prozaedyus proximus Carlini et al.
2022Prozaedyus proximus 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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
familyChlamyphoridaePocock 1924
genusProzaedyus()
speciesproximus(Ameghino 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.

†Prozaedyus proximus Ameghino 1887
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Body mass source: publishedg
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2013-04-14 01:24:00
Modified: 2013-04-13 10:24:00
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Vizcaíno et al. 2010, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Argentina (Santa Cruz) Prozaedyus proximus (197691)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Prozaedyus proximus (27313 176566 176576 176581 176584 176594 176602 176603 176622 176623 176625) Prozaedyus sp. (142529 142533)