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Mesungulatidae
Taxonomy
Mesungulatidae was named by Bonaparte (1986).
It was assigned to Dryolestoidea by Bonaparte (1986); to Dryolestida by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); to Dryolestoidea by Rougier et al. (2009); to Dryolestoidea by Rougier et al. (2009); and to Mesungulatoidea by Rougier et al. (2011) and Martinelli et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Dryolestoidea by Bonaparte (1986); to Dryolestida by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); to Dryolestoidea by Rougier et al. (2009); to Dryolestoidea by Rougier et al. (2009); and to Mesungulatoidea by Rougier et al. (2011) and Martinelli et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1986 | Mesungulatidae Bonaparte p. 48 |
2004 | Mesungulatidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 380, 393 |
2009 | Mesungulatidae Rougier et al. p. 226 |
2009 | Mesungulatidae Rougier et al. p. 197 |
2011 | Mesungulatidae Rougier et al. p. S12 |
2021 | Mesungulatidae 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.
Fm. †Mesungulatidae Bonaparte 1986
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Luo et al. 2003, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Danian or 72.10000 to 61.60000 Ma
Collections (10 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian | Argentina (Neuquén) | Mesungulatidae indet. (84310) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Chile (Última Esperanza) | Orretherium tzen (210648) | |
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Río Negro) | Mesungulatum houssayi, Mesungulatidae indet. (45087) Mesungulatum lamarquensis (48999) Quirogatherium major (231686) | |
Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | Coloniatherium cilinskii (121187 121188 121189) Coloniatherium sp. (233611) | |
Danian | Argentina (Chubut) | Peligrotherium tropicalis (95914) |