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Eurygenium latirostris

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Eurygenium latirostris was named by Ameghino (1894). Its type specimen is MACN A52-70, a partial skull (Premaxilla), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cabeza Blanca, which is in a Deseadan terrestrial shale/claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina.

It was recombined as Eurygeniops latirostris by Ameghino (1897).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Eurygenium latirostris Ameghino
1897Eurygeniops latirostris Ameghino p. 466
1997Eurygenium latirostris Shockey
2008Eurygenium latirostris Marani and Dozo

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
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
orderNotoungulata
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
Eutoxodontia
genusEurygeniumAmeghino 1894
specieslatirostris

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.

Eurygenium latirostris Ameghino 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available