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Cochlops

Mammalia - Cingulata - Propalaehoplophoridae

Taxonomy
Cochlops was named by Ameghino (1889). Its type is Cochlops muricatus.

It was assigned to Propalaehoplophorinae by Hoffstetter (1958); to Glyptodontidae by Ameghino (1889), Scott (1903), Brown (1912) and Carroll (1988); and to Propalaehoplophoridae by Ameghino (1891), Ameghino (1894) and Fernicola (2008).

Species
C. debilis, C. muricatus (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Cochlops Ameghino p. 792
1891Cochlops Ameghino p. 40
1894Cochlops Ameghino p. 171
1903Cochlops Scott
1912Cochlops Brown
1958Cochlops Hoffstetter
1988Cochlops Carroll
2008Cochlops Fernicola

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
suborderGlyptodontia()
infraorderPropalaehoplophoroineiAmeghino 1891
superfamilyPropalaehoplophoroideaAmeghino 1891
familyPropalaehoplophoridaeAmeghino 1891
genusCochlops

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. †Cochlops Ameghino 1889
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†Cochlops debilis Ameghino 1891
†Cochlops muricatus Ameghino 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
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: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Colhuehuapian to the top of the Santacrucian or 21.00000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) Cochlops indet. (176441)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) C. debilis (206237) C. muricatus (27313 142533 176578 176602 176622) C. sp. (176571 176623) C. sp., C. muricatus (176625)