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Oxyodontherium
Taxonomy
Oxyodontherium was named by Ameghino (1883).
It was assigned to Mesorhinidae by Ameghino (1891); to Macraucheniidae by Lydekker (1894) and Rusconi (1934); and to Macraucheniinae by Schmidt and Ferrero (2014).
It was assigned to Mesorhinidae by Ameghino (1891); to Macraucheniidae by Lydekker (1894) and Rusconi (1934); and to Macraucheniinae by Schmidt and Ferrero (2014).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1883 | Oxyodontherium Ameghino p. 82 |
| 1891 | Oxyodontherium Ameghino p. 8 |
| 1894 | Oxyodontotherium Lydekker p. 62 |
| 1934 | Oxyodontherium Rusconi p. 24 |
| 2014 | Oxyodontherium Schmidt and Ferrero |
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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. †Oxyodontherium Ameghino 1883
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†Oxyodontherium piramydatus Ameghino 1885
†Oxyodontherium zeballozi Ameghino 1883
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Invalid names: Macrauchenia minuta Burmeister 1885 [synonym]
†Oxyodontotherium angustidens Lydekker 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Huayquerian to the top of the Pleistocene or 8.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (4 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huayquerian | Argentina (Entre Rios) | Mesorhinus piramydatus, O. zeballosi (55600) | |
| Chapadmalalan | Argentina (San Luis) | O. zeballosi (79508) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Argentina (Buenos Aires) | O. sp. (53926) | |
| Pleistocene | Argentina | O. zeballosi (213465) |