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Proeremotherium eljebe

Mammalia - Megatheriidae

Taxonomy
Proeremotherium eljebe was named by Carlini et al. (2006). Its type specimen is AMU-CURS 126, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 1.5 km Northwest of Cerro Chiguaje, which is in a Messinian/Zanclean fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Codore Formation of Venezuela. It is the type species of Proeremotherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Proeremotherium eljebe Carlini et al. p. 274 fig. 2

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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
genusProeremotherium
specieseljebe

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.

†Proeremotherium eljebe Carlini et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available