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Magdalenabradys confusum

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Taxonomy
Pseudoprepotherium confusum was named by Hirschfeld (1985). Its type specimen is UCMP 39957, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ferruginous Sandstone Locality, UCMP V5045, which is in a Laventan terrestrial sandstone in the Villavieja Formation of Colombia. It is the type species of Magdalenabradys.

It was recombined as Magdalenabradys confusum by Rincón and McDonald (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Pseudoprepotherium confusum Hirschfeld
2020Magdalenabradys confusum Rincón and McDonald

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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
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
familyMylodontidaeAmeghino 1889
genusMagdalenabradys
speciesconfusum()

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.

†Magdalenabradys confusum Hirschfeld 1985
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. E. Hirschfeld 1985Femur larger than P. venezuelanum, exhibits strong anteroposterior flattening; broad lateral extent of shaft; well marked digital fossa; well developed thrid trochanter; longitudinal rigdes on anterior surface; external and internal condyles broadly connected to relatively narrow trochlea; intercondylar notch narrow.