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Peltephilus

Mammalia - Cingulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Peltephilus Ameghino
1891Peltephilus Ameghino p. 40
1894Peltephilus Ameghino p. 177
1894Peltephilus Lydekker p. 67
1897Peltephilus Ameghino p. 509
1988Peltephilus Carroll
1997Peltephilus McKenna and Bell p. 86
2007Peltephilus Croft et al. p. 785
2010Peltephilus Kramarz et al.
2017Peltephilus Shockey
2022Peltephilus Vizcaíno et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
—Peltephilidae()
genusPeltephilusAmeghino 1887

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. †Peltephilus Ameghino 1887
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†Peltephilus depressus Ameghino 1897
†Peltephilus ferox Ameghino 1891
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Invalid names: Peltephilus clarazianus Moreno and Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
†Peltephilus giganteus Ameghino 1894
†Peltephilus grandis Moreno and Mercerat 1891
†Peltephilus granosus Ameghino 1902
†Peltephilus nanus Ameghino 1898
†Peltephilus protervus Ameghino 1897
†Peltephilus pumilus Ameghino 1887
†Peltephilus rarus Ameghino 1891
†Peltephilus strepens Ameghino 1887
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Invalid names: Peltephilus heusseri Moreno and Mercerat 1891 [synonym]
†Peltephilus undulatus Ameghino 1897
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 8.23 kgs
Minimum body mass: 8.23 kgs
Body mass estimate: 8.23 kg
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:20:40
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:20:40
Source: s = species, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Vizcaíno et al. 2010, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Deseadan to the top of the Langhian or 29.00000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Argentina (Chubut) P. undulatus (186572)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Argentina (Chubut) P. undulatus (14211)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia (La Paz) P. sp. (133615)
Deseadan29.0 - 21.0Bolivia P. sp. 1, P. sp. 2 (95688)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Argentina (Mendoza) P. sp., P. undulatus (220946)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Argentina (Chubut) P. sp. (49783)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) P. pumilus (176205)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. sp. (197691)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (San Juan) P. sp. (197899)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) P. ferox (176570) P. ferox, P. giganteus (176594) P. nanus (176565) P. pumilus (27313 176576 176578 176581 176599 176602) P. sp. (176571) P. sp., P. pumilus (176622 176623) P. strepens (176585) P. strepens, P. pumilus (142533 176593)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Chile P. sp. (103804)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Argentina (Chubut) P. sp. (215594 215595)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Neuquén) P. pumilus, P. nanus (141175)