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Argyrohyrax proavus

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Taxonomy
Argyrohyrax proavus was named by Ameghino (1897). Its type specimen is MACN A52-472, a partial skull (Palate), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cabeza Blanca, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial shale/claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Argyrohyrax.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Clorinda cliva Ameghino
1897Argyrohyrax proavunculus Ameghino
1897Argyrohyrax proavus Ameghino p. 436
1897Plagiarthrus clivus Ameghino p. 437
1901Notohyrax conicus Ameghino p. 362
1999Plagiarthrus proavunculus Reguero

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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
orderNotoungulata
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
familyInteratheriidae(Ameghino 1887)
genusArgyrohyrax
speciesproavus

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.

Argyrohyrax proavus Ameghino 1897
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Invalid names: Argyrohyrax proavunculus Ameghino 1897 [synonym], Notohyrax conicus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Plagiarthrus cliva Ameghino 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available