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Lestodon

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Taxonomy
Lestodon was named by Gervais (1855). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Rodimorpha by Ameghino (1885) and Cope (1889); to Lestodontinae by Paula Couto (1956); to Mylodontidae by Ameghino (1902) and Carroll (1988); to Mylodontinae by Gaudin (1995), Zurita et al. (2004) and Varela et al. (2019); and to Lestodontini by Boscaini et al. (2019).

Species
L. antiquus, L. armatus, L. garrachicii, L. myloides, L. urumaquensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. castellanosi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Lestodon Gervais
1885Lestodon Ameghino p. 122
1889Lestodon Cope p. 660
1902Lestodon Ameghino
1956Lestodon Paula Couto p. 100
1988Lestodon Carroll
1995Lestodon Gaudin
2004Lestodon Zurita et al.
2019Lestodon Boscaini et al.
2019Lestodon Varela 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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
familyMylodontidaeAmeghino 1889
subfamilyMylodontinaeGill 1872
genusLestodonGervais 1855

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. †Lestodon Gervais 1855
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†Lestodon antiquus Ameghino 1885
†Lestodon armatus Gervais 1855
†Lestodon garrachicii Moreno 1888
†Lestodon myloides Gervais 1855
†Lestodon urumaquensis Linares 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Body mass estimates
estimateequationreference
 1.36 tons Mammalia femur diameterGingerich 1990
 1.37 tons Mammalia humerus diameterGingerich 1990
 2.73 tons Mammalia tibia diameterGingerich 1990
mean: 1.72 tons
Measurements
partNmean
femur diameter170.0
humerus diameter179.0
radius diameter182.5
tibia diameter190.0

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-22 16:27:29
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:30:22
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Lujanian or 11.60800 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) L. sp. (146452)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) L. sp. (152062 152081 198863)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Argentina (Jujuy) L. castellanosi (141896)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia L. armatus (142016)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Bolivia (Tarija ) L. armatus (70673)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) L. sp. (28513)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Argentina (Santa Fe) L. armatus (232458)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Paraguay L. armatus (71292) L. sp. (191113)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) L. armatus (212469)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) L. armatus (147609)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Buenos Aires) L. sp. (199170)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Uruguay L. armatus (71274 212684)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Corrientes) L. armatus (211638) L. sp. (71289)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Entre Ríos) L. armatus (203952 203956) L. sp. (203955)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Uruguay (Colonia) L. armatus (226121)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) L. armatus (71279 198875) L. trigonidens, L. gaudryi (71303)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Chaco) L. sp. (78583)
Lujanian (glacial)0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) L. sp. (140934)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina (Buenos Aires) L. armatus (63335)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) L. armatus (223944)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Uruguay (Montevideo) L. armatus (120884)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grand do Sul) L. armatus (223843)
Middle Pleistocene - Holocene0.774 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande Do Sul) L. armatus (189982)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bolivia (Tarija) L. armatus (142158 142160)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay (Salto) L. armatus (217137)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina L. armatus (213470) L. sp. (213489)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil L. armatus (54181)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) L. armatus (124715 149143 151539) L. sp. (28519 147598)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay (Montevideo) L. sp. (211645)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay L. armatus (211646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) L. armatus (71316 127174)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) L. sp. (191127)