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Pucatherium parvum

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Pucatherium parvus was named by Herrera et al. (2012). Its type specimen is PVL 6398, an osteoderm, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Confluence of the Laguna and Casa Grande Rivers, Casa Grande Formation, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in the Casa Grande Formation of Argentina.

It was corrected as Pucatherium parvum by Ciancio et al. (2016) and Herrera et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Pucatherium parvus Herrera et al.
2016Pucatherium parvum Ciancio et al.
2019Pucatherium parvum Herrera 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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Americatheria
Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
genusPucatherium
speciesparvum()

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.

Pucatherium parvum Herrera et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available