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Eremotherium rusconii

Mammalia - Megatheriidae

Taxonomy
Megatherium rusconii was named by Schaub (1935).

It was recombined as Schaubia rusconii by Hoffstetter (1949); it was recombined as Schaubitherium rusconii by Hoffstetter (1950); it was synonymized subjectively with Eremotherium laurillardi by Cartelle and De Iuliis (1995) and Hulbert and Pratt (1998); it was recombined as Eremotherium rusconii by Hoffstetter (1952), Paula Couto (1954), Gazin (1957), Kurten and Anderson (1980) and Pujos (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Megatherium rusconii Schaub
1949Schaubia rusconii Hoffstetter
1950Schaubitherium rusconii Hoffstetter
1952Eremotherium rusconii Hoffstetter
1954Eremotherium rusconii Paula Couto
1957Eremotherium rusconii Gazin
1980Eremotherium rusconii Kurten and Anderson p. 140
2006Eremotherium rusconii Pujos

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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
speciesrusconii(Schaub 1935)

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.

Eremotherium rusconii Schaub 1935
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available