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Patagonia peregrina

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Patagonia peregrina was named by Pascual and Carlini (1987). Its type specimen is MACN-CH-869, a mandible (Mandibles), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Southern Cliff of lower Chubut River Valley, near Gaiman, which is in a Colhuehuapian paralic mudstone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Patagonia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Patagonia peregrina Pascual and Carlini
2013Patagonia peregrina Goin and Abello

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
suborderGondwanatheriaMones 1987
genusPatagoniaPascual and Carlini 1987
speciesperegrinaPascual and Carlini 1987

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.

†Patagonia peregrina Pascual and Carlini 1987
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. J. Goin and M. A. Abello 2013Dental formula I?1/i1, C?1/?c1, P?0/ p0, M3/m3; short and deep horizontal ramus; with the poste- rior half convex and stout; strong masseteric crest bordering a masseteric fossa, which is dorsally placed posterior to the crest; unfused, subvertical symphysis; single lower incisor hyperthro- phied, very compressed laterally, completelly surrounded by enamel, and with the occlusal plane subvertical on its anterior half; its proximal tip open-rooted and extended posteriorly up to a point below m3; lower ?canine very reduced, procumbent, and incisor-shaped; long diastema between the lower ?canine and molars; upper and lower molars euhypsodont, tube-shaped, subcircular to subquadrangular in section.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialuc
Diet: insectivoreuc
Created: 2005-09-06 19:53:51
Modified: 2005-09-07 19:44:02
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade
References: Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: Colhuehuapian or 21.00000 to 17.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) Patagonia peregrina (type locality: 27311)