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Transpithecus obtentus

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Taxonomy
Transpithecus obtentus was named by Ameghino (1901). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barranca south of Lago Colhue-Huapi, Gran Barranca, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial claystone in the Sarmiento Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Transpithecus.

Synonyms
  • Acoelodus connectus was named by Ameghino (1901). Its type specimen is MACN-A 10747a, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Río Chico Oeste, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Paginula parca by Simpson (1967); it was synonymized subjectively with Transpithecus obtentus by Vera (2013).
  • Patriarchippus annectens was named by Ameghino (1904). Its type specimen is MACN 10691, a maxilla (part of left maxilla with M1-2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Casamayoran of Patagonia, which is in a Casamayoran terrestrial horizon in Argentina.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Antepithecus brachystephanus by Simpson (1967); it was synonymized subjectively with Transpithecus obtentus by Vera (2012).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Transpithecus obtentus Ameghino p. 356
1901Acoelodus connectus Ameghino p. 369
1904Patriarchippus annectens Ameghino p. 135
1967Transpithecus obtentus Simpson
2010Transpithecus obtentus Reguero and Prevosti
2012Transpithecus obtentus Vera

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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
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
—Notopithecidae()
genusTranspithecus
speciesobtentus

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.

†Transpithecus obtentus Ameghino 1901
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Invalid names: Acoelodus connectus Ameghino 1901 [synonym], Patriarchippus annectens Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2009-01-05 17:11:49
Modified: 2009-01-05 19:11:49
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: MacFadden et al. 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Casamayoran to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) Transpithecus obtentus (176491) Transpithecus obtentus, Patriarchippus annectens (176285)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Argentina (Chubut) Acoelodus connectus (176164)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Chubut) Transpithecus obtentus (type locality: 13779 176167 176169 176186 176492)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) Transpithecus obtentus (176494)