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Ortotherium

Mammalia - Megalonychidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Ortotherium Ameghino p. 109
1889Ortotherium Ameghino p. 684
1894Ortotherium Lydekker p. 92
2008Ortotherium Brandoni
2011Ortotherium Brandoni p. 35

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
familyMegalonychidaeGervais 1855
genusOrtotherium

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. †Ortotherium Ameghino 1885
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Ortotherium berroi Kraglievich 1932
Ortotherium laticurvatum Ameghino 1885
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Invalid names: Amphiocnus seneum Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Amphiocnus seneus Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Menilaus affinis Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Ortotherium schlosseri Ameghino 1891 [synonym], Ortotherium scrofum Bordas 1941 [synonym]
Ortotherium robustum Ameghino 1881
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available