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Prepotherium
Taxonomy
Prepotherium was named by Ameghino (1891). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Scelidotheriidae by Ameghino (1891); to Prepotheridae by Ameghino (1894); to Megatheriidae by Carroll (1988); and to Planopinae by Varela et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Scelidotheriidae by Ameghino (1891); to Prepotheridae by Ameghino (1894); to Megatheriidae by Carroll (1988); and to Planopinae by Varela et al. (2019).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1891 | Prepotherium Ameghino |
| 1894 | Prepotherium Ameghino p. 162 |
| 1988 | Prepotherium Carroll |
| 2019 | Prepotherium Varela et al. |
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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. †Prepotherium Ameghino 1891
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†Prepotherium filholi Ameghino 1891
†Prepotherium moyani Ameghino 1894
†Prepotherium potens Ameghino 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, 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 Santacrucian to the top of the Colloncuran or 17.50000 to 13.80000 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | P. filholi (87314) P. potens (176590 210153) | |
| Colloncuran | Argentina (Río Negro) | P. sp. (140692) |