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Toxodontinae

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Toxodontidae

Taxonomy
Toxodontinae was named by Owen (1837). It is not extant. It is the type subfamily of Toxodontidae.

It was assigned to Toxodontidae by Nasif et al. (2000).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1837Toxodontinae Owen
2000Toxodontinae Nasif et al. p. 591 fig. 600

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
—PaenungulataSimpson 1945
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
—Eutoxodontia
familyToxodontidae
subfamilyToxodontinaeOwen 1837
subfamilyToxodontinaeOwen 1837

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.

Subfm. †Toxodontinae Owen 1837
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G. †Andinotoxodon Madden 1997
G. †Calchaquitherium Nasif et al. 2000
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†Calchaquitherium mixtum Nasif et al. 2000
G. †Eutomodus Ameghino 1889
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Invalid names: Tomodus Ameghino 1886 [synonym]
G. †Falcontoxodon Carrillo et al. 2018
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†Falcontoxodon aguilerai Carrillo et al. 2018
G. †Hoffstetterius Saint-André 1993
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†Hoffstetterius imperator Saint-André 1993
G. †Mesenodon Paula Couto 1982
G. †Minitoxodon Paula Couto 1982
G. †Neotoxodon Paula Couto 1982
G. †Nonotherium Castellanos 1942
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†Nonotherium hennigi Castellanos 1942
G. †Piauhytherium Guérin and Faure 2013
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†Piauhytherium capivarae Guérin and Faure 2013
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Huayquerian to the top of the Holocene or 8.00000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Bolivia (La Paz) Hoffstetterius imperator (90023)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Brazil (Acre) Neotoxodon pascuali, Mesenodon juruaensis, Minitoxodon acrensis (55602)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Salta) Andinotoxodon bolivariensis (197784)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Catamarca) Calchaquitherium mixtum (141369)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan5.0 - 3.0Argentina (Córdoba) Nonotherium hennigi (197904)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Córdoba) Nonotherium sp. (211573)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Falcon) Falcontoxodon sp., Toxodontidae indet. (122033)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Venezuela (Falcon) Falcontoxodon aguilerai (195172)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) Toxodontinae indet. (148310 212327)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Toxodontinae indet. (230712)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Venezuela (Falcon) Toxodontinae indet. (219885)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Piauhytherium capivarae (213199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) Piauhytherium sp. (136498) Toxodontinae indet. (137121)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Toxodontinae indet. (147598)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Sergipe) Toxodontinae indet. (147191)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Toxodontinae indet. (147605)