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Pucatherium parvum

Mammalia - Cingulata - Dasypodidae

Taxonomy
Pucatherium parvus was named by Herrera et al. (2012). Its type specimen is PVL 6398, an osteoderm, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Confluence of the Laguna and Casa Grande Rivers, Casa Grande Formation, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in the Casa Grande Formation of Argentina.

It was corrected as Pucatherium parvum by Ciancio et al. (2016) and Herrera et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Pucatherium parvus Herrera et al.
2016Pucatherium parvum Ciancio et al.
2019Pucatherium parvum Herrera et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
orderCingulata()
—Dasypodoidea(Gray 1821)
familyDasypodidae()
genusPucatherium
speciesparvum()

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.

†Pucatherium parvum Herrera et al. 2012
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:31:05
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Argentina (Salta) Pucatherium parvum (224372)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Argentina (Jujuy) Pucatherium parvum (41706)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Argentina (Salta) Dasypodidae n. gen. (176662) Pucatherium parvum (13775 225030)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Jujuy) Dasypodidae n. gen. (type locality: 176665)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Salta) Pucatherium parvum (176660 176661)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Argentina (Catamarca) Pucatherium parvum (41608)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Argentina (Salta) Pucatherium parvum (175809)