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Pampatherium
Taxonomy
Pampatherium was named by Ameghino (1875) [type P. humboldti from South America]. Its type is Chlamytherium humboldtii.
It was synonymized subjectively with Chlamydotherium by Ameghino (1889).
It was assigned to Pampatheriinae by Cartelle and Bohorquez (1984); to Dasypodidae by Ameghino (1891), Carroll (1988) and Salles et al. (2006); and to Pampatheriidae by Edmund (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Mead et al. (2007) and Rincón et al. (2008).
It was synonymized subjectively with Chlamydotherium by Ameghino (1889).
It was assigned to Pampatheriinae by Cartelle and Bohorquez (1984); to Dasypodidae by Ameghino (1891), Carroll (1988) and Salles et al. (2006); and to Pampatheriidae by Edmund (1996), McKenna and Bell (1997), Mead et al. (2007) and Rincón et al. (2008).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1838 | Chlamytherium Lund |
| 1839 | Chlamydotherium Lund |
| 1875 | Pampatherium Ameghino |
| 1889 | Chlamydotherium Ameghino p. 854 |
| 1889 | Chlamydotherium Cope p. 662 |
| 1891 | Pampatherium Ameghino |
| 1894 | Chlamydotherium Lydekker p. 52 |
| 1902 | Chlamytherium Hay p. 581 |
| 1914 | Chlamydotherium Rovereto p. 104 figs. Plate VII, FIg. 3 |
| 1930 | Chlamytherium Hay p. 418 |
| 1957 | Hoffstetteria Castellanos |
| 1957 | Chlamytherium James p. 797 |
| 1984 | Pampatherium Cartelle and Bohorquez |
| 1988 | Pampatherium Carroll |
| 1996 | Pampatherium Edmund p. 307 |
| 1997 | Pampatherium McKenna and Bell p. 86 |
| 1997 | Chlamydotherium McKenna and Bell p. 91 |
| 2006 | Pampatherium Salles et al. p. 7 |
| 2007 | Pampatherium Mead et al. p. 444 |
| 2008 | Pampatherium Rincón et al. p. 201 |
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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. †Pampatherium Ameghino 1875
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†Pampatherium humboldtii Lund 1839
†Pampatherium mexicanum Edmund 1996
†Pampatherium paulacoutoi Cartelle and Bohorquez 1984
†Pampatherium pygmaeum Ameghino 1891
†Pampatherium typus Ameghino 1875
Invalid names: Chlamydotherium Lund 1839 [replaced], Chlamytherium Lund 1838 [nomen nudum], Hoffstetteria Castellanos 1957 [synonym]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| C. Cartelle and G. A. Bohorquez 1984 | Large size, which exceeds the current Prioclontes gigantens.
Carapace with scapular and pelvic shields; between both mobile straps; not rigid flow tube with rings; boards with large central figure high; skull long, with narrow rostrum; tympanic bulla bit bulky; pterigoideana expansion feature; zygomatic arch complete with suborbital process; dental formula 9/9 with at least the first tooth in the premaxilla, three first teeth not lobate, the remaining with lobulation and occlusal surface flat. phalanges previous distal-shaped claws, while the latter are shortened in the manner of hooves. |