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Parastrapotherium voghti

Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae

Taxonomy
Astrapotherium voghti was named by Mercerat (1891). Its type specimen is MLP 12-122, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Carhué (Deseadan), which is in a Deseadan terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

It was synonymized subjectively with Astrapotherium giganteum by Ameghino (1894); it was synonymized subjectively with Astrapotherium magnum by Lydekker (1894); it was synonymized subjectively with Parastrapotherium ephebicum by Ameghino (1894); it was recombined as Parastrapotherium voghti by Kramarz and Bond (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Astrapotherium voghti Mercerat
2008Parastrapotherium voghti Kramarz and Bond

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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
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
PaenungulataSimpson 1945
Sudamericungulata
orderAstrapotheria
familyAstrapotheriidaeAmeghino 1887
genusParastrapotheriumAmeghino 1895
speciesvoghti(Mercerat 1891)

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.

Parastrapotherium voghti Mercerat 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available