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Prohegetotherium malalhuense

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Prohegetotherium malalhuense was named by Cerdeño and Reguero (2015). Its type specimen is MCNAM-PV 3848, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Quebrada Fiera (north side of the ravine), which is in a Deseadan terrestrial tuff in the Agua de la Piedra Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Prohegetotherium malalhuense Cerdeño and Reguero
2017Prohegetotherium malalhuense Seoane et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
—PaenungulataSimpson 1945
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
—Hegetotheriidae(Ameghino 1894)
—Hegetotheriinae(Ameghino 1894)
genusProhegetotherium
speciesmalalhuense

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.

†Prohegetotherium malalhuense Cerdeño and Reguero 2015
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available