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Ignigena minisculus

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Taxonomy
Ignigena minisculus was named by Hitz et al. (2006). Its type specimen is SGOPV 3168, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Tapado, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial volcaniclastic in the Abanico Formation of Chile. It is the type species of Ignigena.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Ignigena minisculus Hitz 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
familyInteratheriidae(Ameghino 1887)
genusIgnigena
speciesminisculus

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Ignigena minisculus Hitz et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
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