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Colombitherium tolimense

Mammalia - Pyrotheriidae

Taxonomy
Colombitherium tolimense was named by Hoffstetter (1970). Its type specimen is MNHN-CLB 15, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gualanday Group locality, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in Colombia. It is the type species of Colombitherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Colombitherium tolimense Hoffstetter

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
suborderPyrotheriaAmeghino 1895
familyPyrotheriidaeAmeghino 1889
genusColombitheriumHoffstetter 1970
speciestolimenseHoffstetter 1970

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Colombitherium tolimense Hoffstetter 1970
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available