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Pedrolypeutes praecursor

Osteichthyes - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Pedrolypeutes praecursor was named by Carlini et al. (1997). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Duke Locality 4 (La Venta Fauna), which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Colombia. It is the type species of Pedrolypeutes.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Pedrolypeutes praecursor Carlini et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
orderCingulata()
—Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
subfamilyTolypeutinaeGray 1865
tribeTolypeutiniGray 1865
genusPedrolypeutes
speciespraecursor

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.

†Pedrolypeutes praecursor Carlini et al. 1997
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Diagnosis
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