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Homalodotheriidae âśť

Description

Homalodotheriidae is an extinct family comprising four genera of notoungulate mammals known from the Late Eocene (Tinguirirican) through Late Miocene (Chasicoan) of Argentina and Chile in South America.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3240541https://www.gbif.org/species/3240541
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)43369https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43369
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Homalodotheriidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Homalodotheriidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderNotoungulataRoth 1903
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
familyHomalodotheriidaeGregory 1910
Scientific NameHomalodotheriidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Homalodotheriidaefamilybelongs to Homalodotheriastated without evidenceGregory, 1910
Homalodotheriidaefamilybelongs to ToxodontiaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Homalodotheriidaefamilybelongs to Toxodontiastated with evidenceBillet, 2011
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)18
First Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Notoungulata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homalodotheriidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Chasicotheriinae âśť
subfamily
listed (PBDB)
Asmodeus âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
437.2 Ma
Eocene
29.0 Ma
Oligocene
Asmodus âśť
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Homalodotherium âśť
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
723.0 Ma
Miocene
16.0 Ma
Miocene
Trigonolophodon âśť
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
133.9 Ma
Oligocene
33.9 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1910Homalodotheriidae Gregory
1988Homalodotheriidae Carroll
2011Homalodotheriidae Billet
2016Homalodotheriidae Deraco and GarcĂŤa-LĂłpez

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Billet G. (2011) Phylogeny of the Notoungulata (Mammalia) based on cranial and dental characters, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 9 4, 481-497
Deraco V., GarcĂŤa-LĂłpez D. A. (2016) A new Eocene Toxodontia (Mammalia, Notoungulata) from northwestern Argentina, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 36 1, e1037884:1-11 doi: 10.1080/02724634.2015.1037884
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - 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
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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