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Pampatherium ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4832790	https://www.gbif.org/species/4832790
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	43546	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43546

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Pampatheriidae : Pampatherium

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Pampatheriidae : Pampatherium

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	Glyptodontoinei	Gray 1869
superfamily	Glyptodontoidea	Gray 1869
family	Pampatheriidae	Paula Couto 1954
genus	Pampatherium	Ameghino 1880

Scientific Name

Pampatherium Ameghino, 1880

Name Published In

in Gervais & Ameghino, Mam. Foss. Amér. Sud, 210

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pampatherium	genus	subjective synonym of Chlamydotherium	stated with evidence	Ameghino, 1889
Pampatherium	genus	belongs to Dasypodidae	stated without evidence	Ameghino, 1891
Pampatherium	genus	belongs to Pampatheriinae	stated with evidence	Cartelle and Bohorquez, 1984
Pampatherium	genus	belongs to Dasypodidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Pampatherium	genus	belongs to Pampatheriidae	stated with evidence	Edmund, 1996
Pampatherium	genus	belongs to Pampatheriidae	stated without evidence	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Pampatherium	genus	belongs to Dasypodidae	stated without evidence	Salles et al., 2006
Pampatherium	genus	belongs to Pampatheriidae	stated with evidence	Mead et al., 2007
Pampatherium	genus	belongs to Pampatheriidae	stated without evidence	Rincón et al., 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

6.80 - 4.00 Ma
Neogene

Last Recorded Appearance

0.13 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

omnivore (based on Xenarthra)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Alroy. 2002. Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals.

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Chlamydotherium australe ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Chlamydotherium humboldtii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Chlamydotherium minutum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Chlamydotherium paranense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Chlamydotherium typum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pampatherium mexicanum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Pampatherium paulacoutoi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Pampatherium pygmaeum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pampatherium typus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	0.78 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Hoffstetteria Castellanos, 1957	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Pampatheriidae : *Hoffstetteria*
Chlamytherium Lund, 1838	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Pampatheriidae : *Chlamytherium*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1838	Chlamytherium Lund
1839	Chlamydotherium Lund
1875	Pampatherium Ameghino
1889	Chlamydotherium Ameghino p. 854
1889	Chlamydotherium Cope p. 662
1891	Pampatherium Ameghino
1894	Chlamydotherium Lydekker p. 52
1902	Chlamytherium Hay p. 581
1957	Hoffstetteria Castellanos

Year	Name and Author
1957	Chlamytherium James p. 797
1984	Pampatherium Cartelle and Bohorquez
1988	Pampatherium Carroll
1996	Pampatherium Edmund p. 307
1997	Pampatherium McKenna and Bell p. 86
1997	Chlamydotherium McKenna and Bell p. 91
2006	Pampatherium Salles et al. p. 7
2007	Pampatherium Mead et al. p. 444
2008	Pampatherium Rincón et al. p. 201

References

Alroy J. (2002) Synonymies and reidentifications of North American fossil mammals

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

Cope E. D. The Edentata of North America, American Naturalist 23 272, 657-664

Lydekker R. Contributions to a knowledge of the fossil vertebrates of Argentina. II. 2. The extinct edentates of Argentina, Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 3, 1-118

Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868

James G. T. (1957) An edentate from the Pleistocene of Texas, Journal of Paleontology 31 4, 796-808

Cartelle C., Bohorquez G. A. (1984) Pampatherium paulacoutoi, uma nova especie de tatu gigante da Bahia, Brasil (Ledentata, Dasypodidae), Revista Brasileira de Zoologia 2 4, 229-254

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

Edmund A. G. (1996) A review of Pleistocene giant armadillos, 300-321

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

Salles L. O., Cartelle C., et al (2006) Quaternary mammals from Serra do Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, Boletim do Museu Nacional 521, 1-12

Mead J. I., Swift S. L., et al (2007) Late Pleistocene (Rancholabrean) glyptodont and pampathere (Xenarthra, Cingulata) from Sonora, Mexico, Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas 24 3, 439-449

Rincón A. D., White R. S., et al (2008) Late Pleistocene cingulates (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from Mene de Inciarte tar pits, Sierra de Perijá, western Venezuela, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 1, 197-207

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

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

J. Zool., 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - 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

in Gervais & Ameghino, Mam. Foss. Amér. Sud, 210 - 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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