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Adianthus bucatus

Osteichthyes - Panameriungulata - Adianthidae

Taxonomy
Adianthus bucatus was named by Ameghino (1891) [Original type is lost.]. Its type specimen is MACN A1812, neotype, a mandible (right hemimandible with i2-m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Puesto Estancia La Costa, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial claystone/sandstone in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Adianthus.

It was corrected as Adianthus buccatus by Cifelli and Soria (1983).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1891Adianthus bucatus Ameghino
1894Adiantus bucatus Ameghino p. 283
1906Adiantus buccatus Ameghino p. 504
1910Adianthus buccatus Scott p. 154
1983Adianthus buccatus Cifelli and Soria

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
orderPanameriungulata
suborderLitopterna(Ameghino 1889)
familyAdianthidaeAmeghino 1891
subfamilyAdianthinae
genusAdianthusAmeghino 1891
speciesbucatusAmeghino 1891

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.

†Adianthus bucatus Ameghino 1891
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:35
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:35
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Adianthus bucatus (type locality: 142533)