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Protypotherium

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Interatheriidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Protypotherium Ameghino
1882Toxodontophanus Moreno p. 23
1885Protypotherium Ameghino p. 79
1887Protypotherium Ameghino p. 52
1887Toxodontophanus Ameghino p. 64
1891Protypotherium Ameghino p. 5
1894Protypotherium Ameghino p. 13
1904Epipatriarchus Ameghino p. 13
1908Protypotherium Sinclair
1914Epipatriarchus Rovereto p. 29
1914Protypotherium Rovereto p. 116
1988Epipatriarchus Carroll
1988Protypotherium Carroll
2010Protypotherium Kramarz et al.
2022Protypotherium Vizcaíno et al.

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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)
genusProtypotheriumAmeghino 1882

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. †Protypotherium Ameghino 1882
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Protypotherium antiquum Ameghino 1882
Protypotherium australe Moreno 1882
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Invalid names: Epipatriarchus bifidens Ameghino 1904 [objective synonym], Patriarchus altus Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Patriarchus furculosus Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Protypotherium distortum Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Protypotherium martini Lane 1927 [objective synonym], Protypotherium palmidens Ameghino 1889 [objective synonym]
Protypotherium claudum Ameghino 1889
Protypotherium colloncurensis Vera et al. 2017
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Invalid names: Protypotherium concepcionensis Solórzano et al. 2019 [objective synonym]
Protypotherium columnifer Fernández et al. 2021
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Invalid names: Cochilius columnifer Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Protypotherium sinclairi Kramarz et al. 2015 [objective synonym]
Protypotherium diastematum Ameghino 1891
Protypotherium distinctum Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931
Protypotherium furculosus Ameghino 1891
Protypotherium icochiloides Ameghino 1894
Protypotherium minutum Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931
Protypotherium obstructum Rovereto 1914
Protypotherium praerutilum Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Eudiastatus lingulatus Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Icochilus endiadys Roth 1898 [objective synonym], Patriarchus diastematus Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Patriarchus icochiloides Ameghino 1894 [objective synonym], Patriarchus leptocephalus Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Patriarchus rectus Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Protypotherium attenuatum Ameghino 1887 [objective synonym], Protypotherium convexidens Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Protypotherium diversidens Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Protypotherium globosum Ameghino 1891 [objective synonym], Protypotherium lineare Ameghino 1894 [objective synonym]
Protypotherium rectus Ameghino 1891
Invalid names: Epipatriarchus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Toxodontophanus Moreno 1882 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 7.8 kgs
Minimum body mass: 4.4 kgs
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: s = species, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Vizcaíno et al. 2010, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Deseadan to the top of the Tortonian or 29.00000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (82 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Uruguay P. sp. (176487)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) P. columnifer (74771)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Río Negro) P. sp. (89093)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Neuquén) P. sinclairi (89028 197284) P. sp. (89027 89030) P. sp., P. sinclairi (89029)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Mendoza) P. sp. (189519)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) P. sp. (176205)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Bío Bío) P. sp. (140103 140106)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Aisén) P. sp. (71843)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp., P. colloncurensis (197691)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Bolivia P. attenuatum (91435)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (San Juan) P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (197899 197900)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Chile (Araucania) P. sp. (144463)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. attenatum (176635) P. attenuatum (176568 176603 176636) P. australe (176581 204358 206236 206237 206240 206241 206242 210154) P. australe, P. praerutilum (87314) P. australe, P. praerutilum, P. claudum, P. attenuatum (142533) P. australe, P. praerutilum, P. compressidens (176570) P. cavum, P. australe, P. attenuatum (176590) P. claudum (176593) P. compressidens (176623) P. praerutilum (176576 176585 176600 176601 176624 206239) P. praerutilum, P. attenuatum (176599 176602 210786) P. sp. (176571 176591) P. sp., P. australe, P. attenuatum (142529) P. sp., P. australe, P. praerutilum, P. attenuatum (210637 210638 210787) P. sp., P. praeutilium, P. australe (27313)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Argentina (Chubut) P. sp., Epipatriarchus bifidens (204600) P. sp., P. colloncurensis (204599)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Chile P. sp. (176666)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Chile (Aisén) P. sp. nov?, P. australe, P. endiadys (139845)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Argentina (Rio Negro) P. colloncurensis, P. endiadys (198569)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Argentina (Chubut) P. sp. (215594 215595)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Neuquén) P. endiadys (141175 198564 198565)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Chubut) P. endiadys (198571)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Rio Negro) P. colloncurensis, P. endiadys (198570) P. endiadys (198566 198572)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Río Negro) Epipatriarchus sp., P. sp., P. colloncurensis, P. endiadys (140691) P. colloncurensis, P. endiadys (198567) P. endiadys (198568)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Chile (Araucanía) P. concepcionensis (212329)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Argentina (La Pampa) P. sp. (231228)
Mayoan11.8 - 10.0Argentina (Chaco) Epipatriarchus bifidens, P. colloncurensis (204650)
Mayoan11.8 - 10.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. colloncurensis (141933)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Catamarca) P. antiquum (212305)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Chubut) P. colloncurensis (201906) P. endiadys (201907)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Salta) P. minutum (197784)
Chasicoan10.0 - 9.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) P. distinctum (79180)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Bolivia (Chuquisaca) P. sp. (68792)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (Entre Rios) P. antiquum (55600)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (La Pampa) P. minutum (152063)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (La Rioja) P. sp. (55596)