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Dasypoda

Mammalia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Dasypoda Ameghino p. 171
1897Dasypoda Ameghino p. 507
1906Dasypoda Ameghino p. 91

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
suborderDasypoda
suborderDasypoda

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.

Subor. †Dasypoda
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Tr. †Stegotheriini Ameghino 1889
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G. †Stegotherium Ameghino 1887
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†Stegotherium caroloameghinoi Fernicola and Vizcaino 2008
†Stegotherium notohippidensis Gonzalez and Scillato-Yané 2009
†Stegotherium pascuali Fernicola and Vizcaino 2008
†Stegotherium simplex Ameghino 1887
†Stegotherium tauberi Gonzalez and Scilalto-Yané 2008
†Stegotherium tesselatum Ameghino 1887
†Stegotherium variegatum Ameghino 1902
†Stegotherium variegumum Ameghino 1902
Invalid names: Scotaeops Ameghino 1887 [synonym]
Invalid names: Chlamydophoridae Bonaparte 1850 [empty], Chlamytheridae Ameghino 1889 [empty], Peltateloidea Ameghino 1889 [empty], Peltateloidea [empty], Praopidae Ameghino 1889 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:20:40
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:20:40
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Mustersan to the top of the Colloncuran or 48.00000 to 13.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 42.0 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) Stegotheriini Gen. nov. A, sp. nov. A a, Stegotheriini Gen. nov. A, sp. nov. A b (176194)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Chubut) Stegotheriini Gen. nov. A, sp. nov. A a, Stegotheriini Gen. nov. A, sp. nov. A b (176189)
Tinguirirican36.0 - 29.0Argentina (Chubut) Stegotheriini indet. (176200)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Argentina (Chubut) Stegotheriini indet. (176201)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Stegotherium notohippidensis (145898 145899)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Argentina (Chubut) Stegotherium variegatum, Stegotherium pascuali, Stegotherium caroloameghinoi (141368)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Chubut) Stegotherium caroloameghinoi (206343) Stegotherium variegatum, Stegotherium tessellatum (176205)
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Stegotherium tauberi (87314 176576 176590) Stegotherium tessellatum (176622) Stegotherium tessellatum, Stegotherium simplex (176593) Stegotherium tessellatum, Stegotherium tauberi (204358)
Colloncuran15.5 - 13.8Argentina (Neuquen) Stegotheriini indet. (28611)