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Palaeothentes ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4826387	https://www.gbif.org/species/4826387
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	40057	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40057

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Paucituberculata : Palaeothentidae : Palaeothentes

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
-	Theriamorpha
-	Theriiformes
-	Trechnotheria	McKenna 1975
-	Cladotheria	McKenna 1975
-	Boreosphenida
subclass	Theria	Parker and Haswell 1897
subclass	Metatheria
-	Marsupialia
-	Australidelphia	Szalay 1982
suborder	Paucituberculata	Ameghino 1894
superfamily	Palaeothentoidea	Goin et al. 2009
family	Palaeothentidae	Sinclair 1906
genus	Palaeothentes	Ameghino 1887

Scientific Name

Palaeothentes Ameghino, 1887

Name Published In

Bol. Mus. de la Plata, 1: 5

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Palaeothentes	genus	belongs to Palaeothentinae	stated without evidence	Patterson and Marshall, 1978
Palaeothentes	genus	belongs to Caenolestinae	stated without evidence	Villarroel and Marshall, 1982
Palaeothentes	genus	belongs to Caenolestidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Palaeothentes	genus	belongs to Palaeothentinae	stated with evidence	Flynn et al., 2002
Palaeothentes	genus	belongs to Palaeothentidae	stated with evidence	Goin et al., 2009
Palaeothentes	genus	belongs to Palaeothentidae	stated without evidence	Kramarz et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

29.0 - 21.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

16.3 - 15.5 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Mammalia)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Marsupialia)

Reproduction

viviparous (based on Theria)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell. 1997. Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Callomenus praecursor species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epanorthus chubutensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Palaeothentes aratae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	17.5 Ma Miocene	17.5 Ma Miocene
Palaeothentes boliviensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	29.0 Ma Oligocene	29.0 Ma Oligocene
Palaeothentes chubutensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	29.0 Ma Oligocene	29.0 Ma Oligocene
Palaeothentes intermedius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	17.5 Ma Miocene	16.3 Ma Miocene
Palaeothentes lemoinei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.3 Ma Miocene
Palaeothentes lepidus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Palaeothentes lucina ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	29.0 Ma Oligocene	29.0 Ma Oligocene
Palaeothentes minutus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.3 Ma Miocene
Palaeothentes pachygnathus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Palaeothentes pascuali ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	17.5 Ma Miocene	17.5 Ma Miocene
Palaeothentes praecursor ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	29.0 Ma Oligocene	29.0 Ma Oligocene
Palaeothentes pressiforatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Palaeothentes serratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Palaeothentes smeti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	17.5 Ma Miocene	17.5 Ma Miocene
Pilchenia lucina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Palaeothentes Doering, 1882	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Paucituberculata : Palaeothentidae : *Palaeothentes*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1887	Palaeothentes Ameghino
1978	Palaeothentes Patterson and Marshall
1982	Palaeothentes Villarroel and Marshall
1997	Palaeothentes McKenna and Bell
2002	Palaeothentes Flynn et al. p. 292
2009	Palaeothentes Goin et al.
2010	Palaeothentes Kramarz et al.
2012	Palaeothentes Abello et al.

References

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

Patterson B., Marshall L. G. (1978) The Deseadan, Early Oligocene, Marsupialia of South America, Fieldiana Geology 41 2, 1-100

Villarroel C., Marshall L. G. (1982) Geology of the Deseadan (early Oligocene) age Estratos Salla in the Salla-Luribay basin, Bolivia, with description of new marsupialia, Geobios 6, 201-211

Flynn J. J., Novacek M. J., et al (2002) A new fossil mammal assemblage from the southern Chilean Andes: implications for geology, geochronology, and tectonics, Journal of South American Earth Sciences 15 3, 285-302

Goin F. J., Candela A. M., et al (2009) Earliest South American paucituberculatans and their significance in the understanding of ‘pseudodiprotodont’ marsupial radiations, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 155, 867-884

Kramarz A. G., Vucetich M. G., et al (2010) A new mammal fauna at the top of the Gran Barranca sequence and its biochronological significance, The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia, 264-277

Abello M. A., Ortiz-Jaureguizar E., et al (2012) Paleoecology of the Paucituberculata and Microbiotheria (Mammalia, Marsupialia) from the late Early Miocene of Argentina, Early Miocene Paleobiology in Patagonia: High-Latitude Paleocommunities of the Santa Cruz Formation, 156-172

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 1241 Caenolestidae Trouessart, 1898, and Palaeothentidae Sinclair, 1906 (Mammalia): conserved.Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 40(1), 29-32 (1983) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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

Enum. Mam. fós. Patag. - 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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