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Pyramiodontherium
Taxonomy
Pyramiodontherium was named by Rovereto (1914).
It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Rovereto (1914); to Megatheriidae by Carroll (1988); and to Megatheriinae by Pujos (2006), Brandoni et al. (2018) and Varela et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Megalonychidae by Rovereto (1914); to Megatheriidae by Carroll (1988); and to Megatheriinae by Pujos (2006), Brandoni et al. (2018) and Varela et al. (2019).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1914 | Pyramiodontherium Rovereto p. 89 |
| 1988 | Pyramiodontherium Carroll |
| 2006 | Pyramiodontherium Pujos |
| 2018 | Pyramiodontherium Brandoni et al. |
| 2019 | Pyramiodontherium 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. †Pyramiodontherium Rovereto 1914
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†Pyramiodontherium bergi Moreno and Mercerat 1891
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Invalid names: Plesiomegatherium burmeisteri Moreno and Mercerat 1891 [synonym], Pyramiodontherium dubium Rovereto 1914 [synonym]
†Pyramiodontherium brevirostrum Carlini et al. 2002
†Pyramiodontherium carlesi Kraglievich 1930
†Pyramiodontherium remulsum Ameghino 1886
†Pyramiodontherium scillatoyanei De Iuliis et al. 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Chapadmalalan or 7.24600 to 3.00000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Jujuy) | P. bergi (201998) | |
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | P. sp. (140472 204596 204597) P. sp., Promegatherium remulsum (55600) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Argentina (La Rioja) | P. scillatoyanei (157303) | |
| Messinian - Zanclean | Argentina (Catamarca) | P. brevirostrum (204538) | |
| Zanclean | Argentina (Catamarca) | P. sp. (215516) | |
| Zanclean | Argentina (Belén) | P. sp. (189824) | |
| Montehermosan - Chapadmalalan | Argentina (Catamarca) | P. bergi, P. dubium (157795) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Jujuy) | P. carlesi (141896) |