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Posnanskytherium ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4829918https://www.gbif.org/species/4829918
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)97126https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=97126
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Toxodontidae : Posnanskytherium
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Toxodontidae : Posnanskytherium
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
familyToxodontidaeAmeghino 1889
genusPosnanskytheriumLiendo 1943
Scientific NamePosnanskytherium Liendo, 1943
Name Published InMuseo Nacional Tihuanacu. Sección Paleontologia La Paz, Bolivia, (1), in
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Posnanskytheriumgenusbelongs to Toxodontidaestated without evidenceMarshall and Sempere, 1991
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance6.80 - 4.00 Ma
Neogene
Last Recorded Appearance4.00 - 3.00 Ma
Pliocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Notoungulata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. G. Marshall and T. Sempere. 1991. The Eocene to Pleistocene vertebrates of Bolivia and their stratigraphic context: a review. Fósiles y Facies de Bolivia - Vol. 1 Vertebrados (Revista Ténica de YPFB) 12(3-4):631-652

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Posnanskytherium desaguaderoi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		46.80 Ma
Miocene		4.00 Ma
Pliocene
Posnanskytherium inchasense ✝
species		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		14.00 Ma
Pliocene		4.00 Ma
Pliocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1943Posnanskytherium Liendo Lazarte p. 7
1991Posnanskytherium Marshall and Sempere
1993Posnanskytherium MacFadden et al. p. 235

References

Marshall L. G., Sempere T. (1991) The Eocene to Pleistocene vertebrates of Bolivia and their stratigraphic context: a review, Fósiles y Facies de Bolivia - Vol. 1 Vertebrados (Revista Ténica de YPFB) 12 3-4, 631-652
MacFadden B. J., Anaya F., et al (1993) Magnetic polarity stratigraphy of Inchasi: a Pliocene mammal-bearing locality from the Bolivian Andes deposited just before the Great American Interchange, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 114 2-3, 229-241
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Museo Nacional Tihuanacu. Sección Paleontologia La Paz, Bolivia, (1), in - 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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