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Eremotherium sefvei

Mammalia - Megatheriidae

Taxonomy
Eremotherium sefvei was named by De Iuliis and Saint-Andre (1997). Its type specimen is PIU M4535, a limb element (Femur), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Eremotherium sefvei De Iuliis and Saint-Andre p. 454 figs. Figs. 1-6
2006Eremotherium sefvei Pujos

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
—Megatheria
familyMegatheriidae()
subfamilyMegatheriinaeGill 1872
genusEremotheriumSpillmann 1948
speciessefvei

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.

†Eremotherium sefvei De Iuliis and Saint-Andre 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. De Iuliis and P. A. Saint-Andre 1997The smallest post-Miocene megatheriine species. The lateral and medial margins of the femur are nearly rectilinear and parallel. The patellar trochlea is medially expanded, strongly concave, and prominently raised anteriorly in relation to the anterior margin of the medial articular condyle for the tibia.