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Puelia

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Notohippidae

Taxonomy
Puelia was named by Roth (1902). Its type is Puelia plicata.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Simpson (1967).

It was assigned to Notohippidae by Bond and López (1993) and López et al. (2010).

Species
P. coarctatus, P. plicata (type species), P. sigma

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Puelia Roth p. 252
1993Puelia Bond and López
2010Puelia López et al.

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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
familyNotohippidaeAmeghino 1894
genusPuelia

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. †Puelia Roth 1902
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Puelia coarctatus Ameghino 1901
Puelia plicata Roth 1902
Puelia sigma Ameghino 1901
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Bond and G. M. López 1993As for comparing the Mustersian species tentatively placed by Simpson, 1967 within the genus Acoelohyrax, they were considered by Odreman Rivas (1978: 35) as representatives of the family Notohippidae, although different and more generalized than Eomorphippus. Indeed, the comparison between these species and Puelia plicata with the unpublished material mentioned above (Pampahippus gen. nov.) allows us to recognize Puelia plicata Roth, 1902 as a primitive Notohippidae and including in this genus, as a new combination, the species P. coarctatus Ameghino, 1901 and P. sigma Ameghino, 1901. Trimerostephanos coalitus Ameghino, 1901 is considered a probable large Notohippidae, very different and more advanced than the species recognized for the genus Puelia.