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Colombitherium

Mammalia - Pyrotheriidae

Taxonomy
Colombitherium was named by Hoffstetter (1970). Its type is Colombitherium tolimense.

It was assigned to Colombitheriidae by Carroll (1988); and to Pyrotheriidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
C. tolimense (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Colombitherium Hoffstetter pp. 149, 155
1988Colombitherium Carroll
1997Colombitherium McKenna and Bell p. 468

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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()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
PaenungulataSimpson 1945
Sudamericungulata
suborderPyrotheriaAmeghino 1895
familyPyrotheriidaeAmeghino 1889
genusColombitheriumHoffstetter 1970

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. †Colombitherium Hoffstetter 1970
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Colombitherium tolimense Hoffstetter 1970
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoresubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:12:05
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:12:05
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Tolima) C. tolimense (186571)