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Eoastrapostylops riolorense

Osteichthyes - Astrapotheria - Eoastrapostylopidae

Taxonomy
Eoastrapostylops riolorense was named by Soria and Powell (1981). Its type specimen is PVL 4216, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aguas Chiquitas, which is in a Paleocene terrestrial horizon in the Río Loro Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Eoastrapostylops.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Eoastrapostylops riolorense Soria and Powell p. 160

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Sudamericungulata
orderAstrapotheria
familyEoastrapostylopidae
genusEoastrapostylops
speciesriolorense

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.

Eoastrapostylops riolorense Soria and Powell 1981
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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 17:11:22
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:22
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, MacFadden et al. 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Late/Upper Paleocene or 59.24000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Argentina (Tucumán) Eoastrapostylops riolorense (type locality: 41607)