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Pampatherium typus

Mammalia - Cingulata - Pampatheriidae

Taxonomy
Pampatherium typus was named by Ameghino (1875). Its type specimen is AMNH 11233, an osteoderm (osteoderm), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Chlamydotherium typum by Gervais and Ameghino (1880), Ameghino (1889) and Lydekker (1894).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. occidentale

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Pampatherium typus Ameghino
1880Chlamydotherium typum Gervais and Ameghino
1889Chlamydotherium typum Ameghino p. 854
1891Pampatherium typus Ameghino
1894Chlamydotherium typum Lydekker p. 53
1996Pampatherium typus Edmund p. 308
2008Pampatherium typus Rincón et al. p. 202
2010Pampatherium typus Soibelzon et al. p. 456 fig. 3b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
suborderGlyptodontia()
superfamilyGlyptodontoideaGray 1869
familyPampatheriidaePaula Couto 1954
genusPampatheriumAmeghino 1875
speciestypusAmeghino 1875

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Pampatherium typus Ameghino 1875
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: omnivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:20:40
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:20:40
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Lujanian or 0.12900 to 0.01200 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Argentina (Buenos Aires) Pampatherium typum (71287 71303 71347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Formosa) Pampatherium typum (114698)