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Archaeopithecidae

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Archaeopithecidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Archaeopithecidae Ameghino p. 422
1967Archaeopithecidae Simpson
1988Archaeopithecidae Carroll
2017Archaeopithecidae Vera
2020Archaeopithecidae López et al. p. 106

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
—PaenungulataSimpson 1945
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
familyArchaeopithecidae
familyArchaeopithecidae

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. †Archaeopithecidae Ameghino 1897
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G. †Acropithecus Ameghino 1904
G. †Archaeopithecus Ameghino 1897
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†Archaeopithecus rogeri Ameghino 1897
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Invalid names: Acropithecus tersus Ameghino 1904 [synonym], Adpithecus plenus Ameghino 1902 [synonym], Archaeopithecus alternans Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Archaeopithecus rigidus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Notopithecus fossulatus Ameghino 1897 [synonym]
G. †Teratopithecus López et al. 2020
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†Teratopithecus elpidophoros López et al. 2020
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 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Casamayoran to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Riochican57.0 - 55.8Argentina (Chubut) Archaeopithecus rogeri (13781) Transpithecus sp., Notopithecidae indet. (14205)
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Acropithecus tersus (176285) Archaeopithecus rogeri (39295 175738 175739 175743 176166)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Argentina (Chubut) Teratopithecus elpidophoros (203121)
Mustersan48.0 - 42.0Argentina (Chubut) Archaeopithecus rogeri (175761)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Argentina (Chubut) Acropithecus rigidus (176165 176170 176172 176173) Acropithecus rigidus, Teratopithecus elpidophoros (44956) Archaeopithecus rogeri (133039) Archaeopithecus rogeri, Teratopithecus elpidophoros (176059)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Argentina (Chubut) Archaeopithecus alternans, Archaeopithecus rigidus (176164)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Argentina (Chubut) Archaeopithecus rogeri (188571 188572)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Chubut) Archaeopithecus rogeri (176168 176468) Notopithecus fossulatus, Archaeopithecus rogeri, Adpithecus plenus (13779)