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Asterostemma ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3239792	https://www.gbif.org/species/3239792
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	43569	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43569

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Glyptodontidae : Asterostemma

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Propalaehoplophoridae : Asterostemma

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Americatheria	Shockey 2017
-	Xenarthra
suborder	Glyptodontia
infraorder	Propalaehoplophoroinei	Ameghino 1891
superfamily	Propalaehoplophoroidea	Ameghino 1891
family	Propalaehoplophoridae	Ameghino 1891
genus	Asterostemma	Ameghino 1889

Scientific Name

Asterostemma Ameghino, 1889

Name Published In

Act. Acad. Córdoba, 6

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Asterostemma	genus	belongs to Hoplophoridae	stated with evidence	Ameghino, 1889
Asterostemma	genus	belongs to Propalaehoplophoridae	stated with evidence	Ameghino, 1891
Asterostemma	genus	belongs to Propalaehoplophoridae	stated without evidence	Ameghino, 1894
Asterostemma	genus	belongs to Glyptodontidae	stated with evidence	Scott, 1903
Asterostemma	genus	belongs to Propalaehoplophorinae	stated with evidence	Hoffstetter, 1958
Asterostemma	genus	belongs to Glyptodontidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Asterostemma	genus	belongs to Propalaehoplophorinae	stated without evidence	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Asterostemma	genus	belongs to Propalaehoplophoridae	stated with evidence	Fernicola, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

17.5 - 16.3 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

11.6 - 7.2 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Xenarthra)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Asterostemma depressa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	17.5 Ma Miocene	17.5 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1889	Asterostemma Ameghino p. 822
1891	Asterostemma Ameghino
1894	Asterostemma Ameghino p. 171
1903	Asterostemma Scott
1958	Asterostemma Hoffstetter
1988	Asterostemma Carroll
1997	Asterostemma McKenna and Bell p. 87
2008	Asterostemma Fernicola

References

Ameghino F. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic], Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6, xxxii-1027

Ameghino F. Enumeration synoptique des especes de mammifères fossiles des formations éocènes de Patagonie, Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (Republica Argentina) 13, 259-452

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Fernicola J. C. (2008) Nuevos aportes para la sistemática de los Glyptodontia Ameghino 1889 (Mammalia, Xenarthra, Cingulata), Ameghiniana 45 3, 553-574

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Act. Acad. Córdoba, 6 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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