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Mesungulatum
Taxonomy
Mesungulatum was named by Bonaparte and Soria (1985). It is not extant. Its type is Mesungulatum houssayi.
It was assigned to Dryolestida by Gelfo and Pascual (2001); and to Mesungulatidae by Bonaparte (1986), Bonaparte (1990), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Rougier et al. (2009), Rougier et al. (2011) and Martinelli et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Dryolestida by Gelfo and Pascual (2001); and to Mesungulatidae by Bonaparte (1986), Bonaparte (1990), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Rougier et al. (2009), Rougier et al. (2011) and Martinelli et al. (2021).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1985 | Mesungulatum Bonaparte and Soria |
| 1986 | Mesungulatum Bonaparte p. 48 |
| 1990 | Quirogatherium Bonaparte p. 73 fig. 9 |
| 1990 | Mesungulatum Bonaparte p. 79 |
| 2001 | Mesungulatum Gelfo and Pascual |
| 2004 | Mesungulatum Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 393 fig. 10.11B |
| 2009 | Mesungulatum Rougier et al. p. 226 |
| 2011 | Mesungulatum Rougier et al. p. S12 |
| 2021 | Mesungulatum Martinelli et al. |
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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. †Mesungulatum Bonaparte and Soria 1985
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†Mesungulatum houssayi Bonaparte and Soria 1985
†Mesungulatum lamarquensis Rougier et al. 2009
Invalid names: Quirogatherium Bonaparte 1990 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Luo et al. 2003, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.50000 to 66.00000 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | M. houssayi (45087) M. lamarquensis (48999) Quirogatherium major (231686) |