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Guilielmoscottia plicifera

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Guilielmoscottia plicifera was named by Ameghino (1901). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mustersan of Patagonia, which is in a Mustersan terrestrial horizon in Argentina. It is the type species of Guilielmoscottia.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Adpithecus amplidens Ameghino p. 356
1901Guilielmoscottia plicifera Ameghino p. 360
1967Guilielmoscottia plicifera Simpson
1967Notopithecus amplidens Simpson
2010Guilielmoscottia plicifera Reguero and Prevosti

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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
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
—PaenungulataSimpson 1945
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
—Notopithecidae()
genusGuilielmoscottia
speciesplicifera

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.

†Guilielmoscottia plicifera Ameghino 1901
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Invalid names: Notopithecus amplidens Ameghino 1901 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Mustersan or 48.00000 to 42.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) Adpithecus amplidens, Guilielmoscottia plicifera (type locality: 176286) Guilielmoscottia plicifera (38878 38879 176371) Guilielmoscottia plicifera, Notopithecus amplidens (176290)