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Hegetotheriidae

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Hegetotheriidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Hegetotheridae Ameghino p. 19
1897Hegetotheridae Ameghino
1897Propachyrucos crassus Ameghino p. 426
1898Propachyrucos robustus Roth p. 38
1901Propachyrucos aequilatus Ameghino p. 375
1908Hegetotheridae Sinclair
1949Hegetotheriidae Simpson and Minoprio
1951Hegetotheriidae Savage
1962Hegetotheriidae Simpson et al.
1988Hegetotheriidae Carroll
2006Hegetotheriidae Croft and Anaya pp. 393-396
2010Hegetotheriidae Kramarz et al.
2010Hegetotheriidae Reguero and Prevosti
2011Hegetotheriidae Billet

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Triploblastica
—Nephrozoa
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
—Sarcopterygii
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda()
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
—Batrachosauria()
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Synapsida()
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderEucynodontia
—Probainognathia
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
subclassTribosphenida()
infraclassEutheria()
orderNotoungulata
suborderTypotheriaZittel 1892
familyHegetotheriidae
familyHegetotheriidae

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 14.23 kgs
Minimum body mass: 14.23 kgs
Body mass estimate: 14.23 kg
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
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: Vizcaíno et al. 2010, MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Deseadan to the top of the Lujanian or 29.00000 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (131 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina (Chubut) Hegetotheriidae indet. (186572)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Argentina (Chubut) Prohegetotherium sp. (176201)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Uruguay Hegetotherium sp., Pseudohegetotherium palmirense (176487)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) Prohegetotherium sculptum (49852 176490 176647) Prohegetotherium sculptum, Propachyrucos ameghinorum, Medistylus dorsatus (146358) Prohegetotherium sculptum, Propachyrucos crassus, Prosotherium garzoni, Prosotherium triangulidens, Phanophilus dorsatus, Prohegetotherium shumwayi, Medistylus dorsatus, Hegetotheriopsis sulcatus (14211) Propachyrucos simpsoni, Prosotherium garzoni (49851) Propachyrucos sp., Prohegetotherium sculptum (176465)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia (None) Prohegetotherium sp. (13276)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia Sallatherium altiplanense, Prohegetotherium schiaffinoi (95688)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia (La Paz) Prohegetotherium sp. (133615) Sallatherium altiplanense, Prohegetotherium schiaffinoi (13081)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Entre Rios) Prohegetotherium sp. (181629)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Hegetotherium sp. (50074)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Mendoza) Prohegetotherium sp., Prosotherium sp., Prohegetotherium schiaffinoi, Prohegetotherium malalhuense, Hegetotheriopsis sulcatus, Hegetotheriinae indet., Propachyrucos smithwoodwardi (176466)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Corrientes) Prohegetotherium sp. (181625 181627)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Uruguay (Canelones) Propachyrucos schiaffinoi (176488)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Peru (Moquegua) Hegetotheriidae indet. (59940)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Hegetotherium mirabile (142533)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) Pachyrukhos sp. (204204)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Neuquén) Hegetotheriidae indet. (89027) Hegetotherium sp. (89030)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Chile (Bío Bío) Hegetotheriidae indet. (140103 140104)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Río Negro) Hegetotherium sp. (89093)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) Hegetotheriidae indet. (197191) Pachyrucos indet. (176441) Pachyrukhos sp. (176205)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Mendoza) Hegetotherium sp. (189519)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Chile Hegetotherium mirabile (103804)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Mendoza) Prohegetotherium carettei (176472)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (San Juan) Hegetotheriinae indet., Pachyrukhinae indet. (197900) Hegetotherium mirabile (197899)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Chile (Aisén) Hegetotherium sp. (71843)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Hegetotherium mirabile (176588 176600 176602 176603 176641 206234 206242) Hegetotherium mirabile, Pachyrukhos moyani (176589 176590) Hegetotherium sp. (176571 176578) Pachyrukhos moyani (87314)
Santacrucian - Friasian17.5 - 15.5Chile (Bío Bío) Hegetotherium sp. (140107)
Santacrucian - Laventan17.5 - 11.8Chile (Bío Bío) Hegetotheriinae indet., Pachyrukhinae indet., Paedotherium minor (140105)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Chile Pachyrukhos sp. (176666)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Argentina (Santa Cruz) Hegetotherium mirabile (27313)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Río Negro) Hegetotherium sp., Pachyrukhos sp. (140691)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Rio Negro) Hemihegetotherium tantillum (198569)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Bolivia Hegetotheriidae indet. (91435)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Bolivia (Potosí) Hegetotherium sp. (68402)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Bolivia (Oruro) Hegetotheriidae indet. (68477)
Laventan13.8 - 11.8Colombia (Huila) Hegetotheriidae indet. (133441)
Laventan13.8 - 11.8Bolivia (Tarija) Hegetotheriidae indet. (38071)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Salta) Paedotherium minor (197784)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Chubut) Hemihegetotherium tantillum (201907)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Mendoza) Paedotherium typicum, Tremacyllus impressus (200116)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Hemihegetotherium indet. (146449)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Bolivia (La Paz) Pseudohegetotherium sp. (68796)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Bolivia (Chuquisaca) Pseudohegetotherium sp. (68792)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium bonaerense (61304)
Chasicoan10.0 - 9.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Hegetotheriinae indet., Paedotherium minor, Hemihegetotherium torresi (79180)
Chasicoan10.0 - 9.0Argentina (La Pampa) Paedotherium minor, Tremacyllus impressus, Hemihegetotherium torresi (152063)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Bolivia (La Paz) H. sp. (90023)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (Catamarca) Paedotherium sp. (157794)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium bonaerense (61300) Paedotherium minor (198689 206032) Paedotherium minor, Tremacyllus impressus (61292 61299) Paedotherium sp. (198862)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (Salta) Paedotherium kakai (192105)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (La Pampa) Hemihegetotherium lazai, Paedotherium minor (87198) Hemihegetotherium sp. (13778) Paedotherium minor (152061) Paedotherium sp. (140925 151498 151499 152067) Tremacyllus sp., Paedotherium sp., Paedotherium minor (204598)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (San Juan) Hemihegetotherium achataleptum (198513)
Huayquerian9.0 - 6.8Argentina (La Rioja) Paedotherium minor (151506) Tremacyllus sp., Hemihegetotherium torresi (55596)
Huayquerian - Montehermosan9.0 - 4.0Argentina (La Pampa) Tremacyllus sp., Paedotherium minor (141939)
Montehermosan6.8 - 4.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium bonaerense (198684 198685 198686 198687) Paedotherium insigne (145757) Paedotherium sp. (152064) Paedotherium sp., Paedotherium bonaerense (152062) Paedotherium typicum, Paedotherium bonaerense, Tremacyllus impressus (198863)
Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan6.8 - 3.0Argentina (Catamarca) Hemihegetotherium robustum, Tremacyllus latifrons (157795)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium bonaerense (61306 191775) Paedotherium bonaerense, Tremacyllus impressus (191776) Paedotherium sp. (152086 191773 191774) Paedotherium sp., Paedotherium bonaerense, Tremacyllus impressus (152087) Paedotherium sp., Paedotherium typicum, Paedotherium bonaerense, Tremacyllus impressus (152081 152084 152085 152088)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium bonaerense (198868)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Argentina (Cordoba) Tremacyllus impressus (191133)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Argentina (San Luis) Paedotherium sp., Paedotherium typicum, Paedotherium insigne, Tremacyllus impressus (152073)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Argentina (Córdoba) Tremacyllus impressus (202212)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Argentina (Mendoza) Tremacyllus impressus (200118) Tremacyllus sp., Pachyrukhinae indet. (189520)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Córdoba) Paedotherium bonaerense (197904)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium insigne (198699) Paedotherium typicum (202340)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium sp. (191760 191763 191764 191767 191768 191769 191770 191771)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Entre Rios) Paedotherium typicum (79631)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium sp. (199160)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Tremacyllus sp., Paedotherium sp. (71304)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Paedotherium sp., Paedotherium typicum, Paedotherium insigne, Tremacyllus impressus (202096)