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Schismotherium rectangularis

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Hapalops rectangularis was named by Ameghino (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Río Gallegos, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial horizon in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Schismotherium rectangularis by Mercerat (1891).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Hapalops ellipticus Ameghino
1887Hapalops rectangularis Ameghino
1891Schismotherium rectangularis Mercerat
1891Stenocephalus cognatus Mercerat
1894Hapalops rectangularis Ameghino p. 142
1894Hapalops ellipticus Ameghino p. 145

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
genusSchismotheriumAmeghino 1887
speciesrectangularis(Ameghino 1887)

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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Invalid names: Hapalops ellipticus Ameghino 1887 [synonym], Stenocephalus cognatus Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available