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Xyophorus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4834482https://www.gbif.org/species/4834482
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)148454https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=148454
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Pilosa : Nothrotheriidae : Xyophorus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Xenarthra : Nothrotheriidae : Xyophorus
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
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-AmericatheriaShockey 2017
-Xenarthra
-Phyllophaga
superfamilyMegalonychoidea
subfamilyNothrotheriidaeAmeghino 1920
genusXyophorusAmeghino 1887
Scientific NameXyophorus Ameghino, 1887
Name Published InBol. Mus. La Plata, 1
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Xyophorusgenusbelongs to Megalonychidaestated with evidenceAmeghino, 1891
Xyophorusgenusbelongs to Megalonychidaestated without evidenceAmeghino, 1894
Xyophorusgenusbelongs to Nothrotheriidaestated with evidenceSaint-André, 1996
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)9
First Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Phyllophaga)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P.-A. Saint-André. 1996. Deux nouveaux édentés (Mammalia, Xenarthra) Trachycalyptoides achirense nov gen et nov sp (Glyptodontidae, Sclerocalyptinae) et Xyophorus villarroeli nov sp (Megatheriidae, Nothrotheriinae) du Huayquérien (Miocène supérieur) de l'Altiplano bolivien. Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Section C: Sciences de la Terre: Paleontologie, Geologie, Mineralogie 4(18):79-106

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Xyophorus andinus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Xyophorus atlanticus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Xyophorus bondesioi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		115.5 Ma
Miocene		15.5 Ma
Miocene
Xyophorus crassissimus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Xyophorus rostratus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Xyophorus simus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Xyophorus sulcatus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Xyophorus villarroeli ✝
species		listed (PBDB)19.00 Ma
Miocene		9.00 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1887Xyophorus Ameghino p. 23
1891Xyophorus Ameghino p. 34
1894Xyophorus Ameghino p. 152
1996Xyophorus Saint-André

References

Saint-André P.-A. (1996) Deux nouveaux édentés (Mammalia, Xenarthra) Trachycalyptoides achirense nov gen et nov sp (Glyptodontidae, Sclerocalyptinae) et Xyophorus villarroeli nov sp (Megatheriidae, Nothrotheriinae) du Huayquérien (Miocène supérieur) de l'Altiplano bolivien, Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Section C: Sciences de la Terre: Paleontologie, Geologie, Mineralogie 4 18, 79-106
Ameghino F. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles descubiertos por Carlos Ameghino en el Eoceno inferior de la Patagonia austral. – Especies nuevas, adiciones y correcciones [New remains of fossil mammals discovered by Carlos Ameghino in the lower Eocene of southern Patagonia. – New species, additions, and corrections], Revista Argentina de Historia Natural 1, 289-328
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
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
www.helsinki.fi/~mhaaramo/metazoa (June 2011) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bol. Mus. La Plata, 1 - 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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