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Parastrapotherium

Mammalia - Astrapotheria - Astrapotheriidae

Taxonomy

Parastrapotherium was named by Ameghino (1895).

It was assigned to Astrapotheridae by Ameghino (1897); and to Astrapotheriidae by Carroll (1988), Kramarz and Bond (2008) and Kramarz and Bond (2010).

Species

Loxocoelus carinatus, P. crassum, P. ephebicum, P. herculeum, P. holmbergi (syn. Loxocoelus obturtus, Helicolophodon giganteus, P. trouessarti, Traspoatherium convexidens, P. lemoinei), P. martiale (syn. P. superabile, P. insuperabile), P. symmetrum, P. variabile, P. voghti

Synonyms

Traspoatherium is a genus. Its type is Traspoatherium convexidens.

It was synonymized subjectively with Parastrapotherium by Kramarz and Bond (2008).

It was assigned to Astrapotheriidae by Ameghino (1897).
Loxocoelus is a genus. Its type is Loxocoelus obturtus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Parastrapotherium by Kramarz and Bond (2008).

It was assigned to Leontiniidae by Ameghino (1897).
Helicolophodon was named by Roth (1903). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Parastrapotherium by Kramarz and Bond (2008).

It was assigned to Astrapotheria by Roth (1904).

Synonymy list

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Year	Name and author
1895	Parastrapotherium Ameghino
1897	Parastrapotherium Ameghino p. 448
1897	Traspoatherium Ameghino p. 450
1897	Loxocoelus Ameghino p. 476
1903	Helicolophodon Roth
1904	Helicolophodon Roth
1988	Parastrapotherium Carroll
2008	Parastrapotherium Kramarz and Bond
2010	Parastrapotherium Kramarz and Bond

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Theriamorpha	(Rowe 1993)
—	Theriiformes	()
—	Trechnotheria
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Afrotheria	Stanhope et al. 1998
—	Paenungulatomorpha
—	Paenungulata	Simpson 1945
—	Sudamericungulata
order	Astrapotheria
family	Astrapotheriidae	Ameghino 1887
genus	Parastrapotherium	Ameghino 1895

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. †Parastrapotherium Ameghino 1895

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†Parastrapotherium crassum Ameghino 1902

†Parastrapotherium ephebicum Ameghino 1889

†Parastrapotherium herculeum Ameghino 1899

†Parastrapotherium holmbergi Ameghino 1894

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Invalid names: Helicolophodon giganteus Roth 1904 [synonym], Loxocoelus obturtus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Parastrapotherium lemoinei Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Parastrapotherium trouessarti Ameghino 1894 [synonym], Traspoatherium convexidens Ameghino 1894 [synonym]

†Parastrapotherium martiale Ameghino 1901

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Invalid names: Parastrapotherium insuperabile Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Parastrapotherium superabile Ameghino 1901 [synonym]

†Parastrapotherium symmetrum Ameghino 1902

†Parastrapotherium variabile Ameghino 1901

†Parastrapotherium voghti Mercerat 1891

Invalid names: Helicolophodon Roth 1903 [synonym], Loxocoelus [synonym], Traspoatherium [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available