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Aguascalientia

Mammalia - Camelidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Aguascalientia Stevens p. 52 figs. 16A - E
1988Aguascalientia Carroll
1998Aguascalientia Honey et al. p. 444
2023Aguascalientia Prothero et al. p. 538

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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
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
familyCamelidae
subfamilyFloridatragulinae
genusAguascalientia

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.

G. †Aguascalientia Stevens 1977
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Aguascalientia minuta Rincon et al. 2012
Aguascalientia panamaensis Rincon et al. 2012
Aguascalientia wilsoni Dalquest and Mooser 1974
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. S. Stevens 1977The characteristics of the genus are those of its type species, A. wilsoni (Dalquest and Mooser), a floridatragulid that differs from Florida- tragulus White in its slightly shorter mandibular diastemas, the lack of a diastema between P2 and P3, and smaller size.
D. R. Prothero et al. 2023(modified from Rincon et al. 2012, p. 459): “Differs from other known floridatragulines in lacking a diastema between p2 and p3, having a shorter diastema between p1 and p2 that is similar or shorter than the combined length of m1– m2, slightly to strongly inflected bulbous paraconids on lower premolars, and having basal conical intercolumnar pillars on m1, m2, and variably developed on m3. Differs from Floridatragulus nanus Patton 1969, in having m3 hypoconulid divided in two unequal selenes with additional cuspules variably present, and lacking a basal posterior cingulid. Differs from Floridatragulus dolichanthereus ( = Floridatragulus barbouri White 1947) in having less lingually inflected paraconids on lower premolars. Differs from Floridatragulus texanus (= Floridatragulus hesperus Patton 1969) in having less reduced lower premolars, more prominent, bulbous, and lingually inflected paraconids on lower premolars, lacking labial cingular segments between protoconid and hypoconid on molars, and having a less developed posterolingual ridge on p3.”
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:42:02
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Harrisonian or 23.03000 to 18.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5Panama (Panama) A. panamaensis, A. minuta (152378)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Texas) A. sp. (17769)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Mexico (Aguascalientes) Miotylopus wilsoni (18756)