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Eremotherium laurillardi

Mammalia - Megatheriidae

Taxonomy
Megatherium laurillardi was named by Lund (1842).

It was considered a nomen dubium by Hoffstetter (1952), Gazin (1957) and Paula Couto (1979); it was recombined as Eremotherium laurillardi by Hoffstetter (1954), Cartelle and Bohorquez (1982), Cartelle and De Iuliis (1995), Hulbert and Pratt (1998), De Iuliis and Cartelle (1999), Pujos (2006) and McDonald and Naples (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Chelonia couperi Harlan
1842Megatherium laurillardi Lund
1882Glyptodon juanajuatense Duges
1941Megatherium hudsoni White
1948Eremotherium carolinense Spillmann
1952Eremotherium carolinense Hoffstetter p. 56
1954Eremotherium laurillardi Hoffstetter
1973Eremotherium juanajuatense Mones
1980Xenocnus cearensis Paula Couto
1982Eremotherium laurillardi Cartelle and Bohorquez
1995Eremotherium laurillardi Cartelle and De Iuliis
1998Eremotherium laurillardi Hulbert, Jr. and Pratt
1999Eremotherium laurillardi De Iuliis and Cartelle p. 512
2006Eremotherium laurillardi Pujos
2007Eremotherium laurillardi McDonald and Naples p. 154

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
superfamilyMegatherioideaGray 1821
—Megatheria
familyMegatheriidae()
subfamilyMegatheriinaeGill 1872
genusEremotheriumSpillmann 1948
specieslaurillardi(Lund 1842)

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.

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Invalid names: Chelonia couperi Harlan 1842 [synonym], Eremotherium carolinense Spillmann 1948 [synonym], Eremotherium juanajuatense Duges 1882 [synonym], Megatherium hudsoni White 1941 [synonym], Xenocnus cearensis Paula Couto 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
Astragalus diameter2193.4170.0220.0195.035.4
Left dentary height271.856.092.074.025.5
height of the dentary among m2-3 height2158.0154.1162.0158.15.59

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-22 16:27:04
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:30:14
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 Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (93 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Eremotherium laurillardi (20285 226026 226027 226028 226029 226030)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Pernambuco) Eremotherium laurillardi (71275 71276 230754)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Guerrero) Eremotherium laurillardi (226021)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Alagoas) Eremotherium laurillardi (230755)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Venezuela (Falcon) Eremotherium laurillardi (63884)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Michoacán) Eremotherium laurillardi (226023 226024 226025)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Colima) Eremotherium laurillardi (203943)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Chelonia couperi (96899)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Oaxaca) Eremotherium laurillardi (226018)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Peru (San Martin) Eremotherium laurillardi (146864)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Peru (Tumbes) Eremotherium laurillardi (145359)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Eremotherium laurillardi (147073)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Guanajuato) Eremotherium laurillardi (226031)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Ceara) Eremotherium laurillardi (71300)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Sergipe) Eremotherium laurillardi (187597)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Espirito Santo) Eremotherium laurillardi (71293)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) Eremotherium laurillardi (148310 212327)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Eremotherium laurillardi (230757)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Paraíba) Eremotherium laurillardi (230460)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Ceará) Eremotherium laurillardi (230756)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Santiago chazumba) Eremotherium laurillardi (190089)
Pleistocene (glacial)2.588 - 0.0117Brazil (Minas Gerais) Eremotherium laurillardi (140474)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Estado de México) Eremotherium laurillardi (226022)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Sao Paulo) Eremotherium laurillardi (147609)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Eremotherium laurillardi (230712)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Mexico (Santiago Chazumba) Eremotherium laurillardi (190088)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3Panama Eremotherium rusconii (20395)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Peru (La Libertad) Eremotherium laurillardi (145505)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Peru (Piura) Eremotherium laurillardi (145502)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (South Carolina) Eremotherium laurillardi (79778)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brazil (Bahia) Eremotherium laurillardi (71295)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ecuador (Manabi) Eremotherium laurillardi (67633)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Ecuador (Santa Elena) Eremotherium carolinense (133631)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012El Salvador Eremotherium laurillardi (209720)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (South Carolina) Eremotherium laurillardi (79750)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Tlaxcala) Eremotherium laurillardi (226032)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012Mexico (Chiapas) Eremotherium laurillardi (226040 226041)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Eremotherium laurillardi (230753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Baja Verapaz) Eremotherium laurillardi (212614)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Honduras Eremotherium laurillardi (230463)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Veracruz) Eremotherium laurillardi (226033 226034)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Eremotherium laurillardi (190064)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Bahia) Eremotherium laurillardi (136498 137121)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Alagoas) Eremotherium laurillardi (230760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Honduras (Copan) Eremotherium laurillardi (230462)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Nicaragua Eremotherium laurillardi (86962) Eremotherium sp. (71267)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tabasco) Eremotherium laurillardi (226035)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador (Santa Elena) Eremotherium carolinense (133630 185519)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (San Luis Potosi) Eremotherium laurillardi (71277)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala ( Zacapa) Eremotherium laurillardi (189381)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Eremotherium laurillardi (148228 148417)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Eremotherium laurillardi (154804)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Santa Rosa) Eremotherium laurillardi (212616)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Morelos) Eremotherium laurillardi (226020)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Pernambuco) Eremotherium laurillardi (195186 230715)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Oaxaca) Eremotherium laurillardi (226019)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Panama (Herrera) Eremotherium laurillardi (71278)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Eremotherium laurillardi (71333 71335) Eremotherium laurillardi, Xenocnus cearensis (71332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Chiquimula) Eremotherium laurillardi (212606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Eremotherium laurillardi (212360)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Guatemala City) Eremotherium laurillardi (71294)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (El Petén) Eremotherium laurillardi (189383)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Eremotherium laurillardi (20591 20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Guatemala (Guatemala) Eremotherium laurillardi (212603)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Chiapas) Eremotherium laurillardi (226017 226036 226037 226039 226042)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Sergipe) Eremotherium laurillardi (147191)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte) Eremotherium laurillardi (93235 148309)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Bahia) Eremotherium laurillardi (147605)