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Pliolestes tripotamicus

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae

Taxonomy
Pliolestes tripotamicus was named by Reig (1955). Its type specimen is MACN 9971, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Pliolestes tripotamicus Reig figs. Lam I. 1, 2, 3, 4
1980Pliolestes tripotamicus Marshall

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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
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
orderPaucituberculataAmeghino 1894
superfamilyCaenolestoidea
familyCaenolestidaeTrouessart 1898
genusPliolestesReig 1955
speciestripotamicusReig 1955

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
Mandible at m1 height13.20
Mandible at p3 height12.66

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Montehermosan or 5.00000 to 3.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Pliolestes tripotamicus (191777)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Pliolestes tripotamicus (191776)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Pliolestes tripotamicus (140635)