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Pseudhalmarhiphus guaraniticus

Mammalia - Paucituberculata - Caenolestidae

Taxonomy
Halmarhiphus guaraniticus was named by Ameghino (1899) [Type lost]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Deseadan of Patagonia, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Pseudhalmarhiphus.

It was recombined as Pseudhalmarhiphus guaraniticus by Patterson and Marshall (1978) and Marshall (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Halmarhiphus guaraniticus Ameghino p. 7
1978Pseudhalmarhiphus guaraniticus Patterson and Marshall
1980Pseudhalmarhiphus guaraniticus Marshall

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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
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
orderPaucituberculataAmeghino 1894
superfamilyCaenolestoidea
familyCaenolestidaeTrouessart 1898
subfamilyCaenolestinaeTrouessart 1898
tribeCaenolestiniWinge 1923
genusPseudhalmarhiphusAmeghino 1903
speciesguaraniticus(Ameghino 1899)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: Deseadan or 29.00000 to 21.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) Halmarhiphus guaraniticus (176647)