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Adianthidae

Mammalia - Panameriungulata - Adianthidae

Taxonomy
Adianthidae was named by Ameghino (1891). Its type is Adianthinae.

It was corrected as Adiantidae by Jaekel (1911); it was reranked as the subfamily Adiantinae by Bordas (1939).

It was assigned to Litopterni by Jaekel (1911); to Macraucheniidae by Bordas (1939); to Macrauchenioidea by Cifelli (1983); and to Litopterna by Ameghino (1894), Ameghino (1897), Simpson et al. (1962), Cifelli and Soria (1983), Bond and Vucetich (1983) and Carroll (1988).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Adianthidae Ameghino
1894Adiantidae Ameghino p. 27
1897Adiantidae Ameghino p. 455
1911Adiantidae Jaekel p. 245
1939Adiantinae Bordas p. 417
1962Adianthidae Simpson et al.
1983Adianthidae Bond and Vucetich
1983Adianthidae Cifelli
1983Adianthidae Cifelli and Soria
1988Adianthidae Carroll

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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
Panperissodactyla
orderPanameriungulata
suborderLitopterna(Ameghino 1889)
familyAdianthidaeAmeghino 1891
familyAdianthidaeAmeghino 1891

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.

Fm. †Adianthidae Ameghino 1891
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Subfm. †Adianthinae
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G. †Adianthus Ameghino 1891
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Adianthus bucatus Ameghino 1891
Adianthus godoyi Cifelli 1991
G. †Proadiantus Ameghino 1897
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Proadiantus excavatus Ameghino 1897
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Invalid names: Proadiantus pungidens Ameghino 1901 [synonym]
G. †Proheptaconus Bordas 1936
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Proheptaconus patagonicus Ameghino 1904
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Invalid names: Proheptaconus trelewense Bordas 1939 [synonym]
G. †Thadanius Cifelli and Soria 1983
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Thadanius hoffstetteri Cifelli and Soria 1983
G. †Tricoelodus Ameghino 1897
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Tricoelodus bicuspidatus Ameghino 1897
Tricoelodus boliviensis Cifelli and Soria 1983
Subfm. †Indaleciinae Bond and Vucetich 1983
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G. †Adiantoides Simpson and Minoprio 1949
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Adiantoides leali Simpson and Minoprio 1949
Adiantoides magnus Cifelli and Soria 1983
G. †Indalecia Bond and Vucetich 1983
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Indalecia grandensis Bond and Vucetich 1983
G. †Proheptoconus Bordas 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:35
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:35
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 58.70000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Argentina (Tucumán) Indalecia sp. (41607)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Argentina (Salta) Indalecia grandensis (13775)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Argentina (Chubut) Adiantoides magnus (44956)
Divisaderan42.0 - 36.0Argentina (Mendoza) Adiantoides leali (92669)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Argentina (Río Negro) A. n. genus (225623)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Chile Litopterna indet. (38072)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Peru Adianthinae indet. (199562)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia Thadanius hoffstetteri, Tricoelodus boliviensis (95688)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) Proadiantus excavatus, Tricoelodus bicuspidatus, Proadiantus pungidens, Proadianthus excavatus (14211) Tricoelodus bicuspidatus (92670)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia (La Paz) Thadanius hoffstetteri, Tricoelodus boliviensis (133596)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Adianthinae indet. (145899)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) Adianthus patagonicus (141368) Proheptaconus trelewense (27311)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Adianthus bucatus (142533)
Friasian16.3 - 15.5Chile Adianthus godoyi (176666)