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Toxodontherium compressum ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8513961https://www.gbif.org/species/8513961
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)240027https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=240027
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Haplodontheriidae : Toxodontherium : Toxodontherium compressum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Haplodontheriidae : Toxodontherium : Toxodontherium compressum
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
familyHaplodontheriidaeAmeghino 1907
genusToxodontheriumAmeghino 1883
speciesToxodontherium compressumAmeghino 1883
Generic NameToxodontherium
Scientific NameToxodontherium compressum Ameghino, 1883
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Toxodontherium compressumspeciesbelongs to Toxodontheriumstated without evidenceAmeghino, 1883
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance9.00 - 6.80 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance9.00 - 6.80 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Notoungulata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. Ameghino. 1887. Observaciones generales sobre el orden de mamíferos estinguidos sud-americanos llamados toxodontes (Toxodontia) y sinopsis de los géneros y especies hasta ahora conocidos. Anales del Museo de La Plata 1:1-66

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Haplodontherium wildei Ameghino, 1885GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Haplodontheriidae : Toxodontherium : Haplodontherium wildei
Haplodontherium limum Ameghino, 1886GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Haplodontheriidae : Toxodontherium : Haplodontherium limum

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1883Toxodontherium compressum Ameghino p. 274
1885Toxodontherium compressum Ameghino p. 75
1885Haplodontherium wildei Ameghino p. 77
1886Haplodontherium wildei Ameghino p. 95
1886Haplodontherium limum Ameghino p. 100
1887Toxodontherium compressum Ameghino p. 42
1887Haplodontherium wildei Ameghino p. 43
1887Haplodontherium limum Ameghino p. 44
1894Toxodontherium compressum Lydekker p. 17

References

Ameghino F. Observaciones generales sobre el orden de mamíferos estinguidos sud-americanos llamados toxodontes (Toxodontia) y sinopsis de los géneros y especies hasta ahora conocidos, Anales del Museo de La Plata 1, 1-66
Ameghino F. Nuevos restos de mamíferos fósiles Oligocenos recogidos por el Profesor Pedro Scalabrini y pertenecientes al Museo Provincial de la ciudad del Parana [New remains of Oligocene fossil mammals collected by Professor Pedro Scalabrini and belonging to the Provincial Museum of the city of Parana], Boletín de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias 8, 1-205
Lydekker R. Contributions to a knowledge of the Fossil Vertebrates of Argentina. III - A study of extinct argentine ungulates, Anales del Museo de La Plata. Paleontología Argentina 2 3, 1-86
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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