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Proscelidodon gracillimus

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Taxonomy
Proscelidodon gracillimus was named by Rovereto (1914). Its type specimen is MACN 8471 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Huayquerías de San Carlos, which is in a Huayquerian terrestrial horizon in the Cerro Azul Formation of Argentina.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Proscelidodon almagroi Rovereto
1914Proscelidodon gracillimus Rovereto
1939Elassotherium altirostre Cabrera
2020Proscelidodon gracillimus Montalvo 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
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Americatheria
—Xenarthra()
infraorderPilosaFlower 1883
—Folivora
classEufolivoraDelsuc et al. 2001
familyMylodontidaeAmeghino 1889
subfamilyScelidotheriinaeAmeghino 1889
genusProscelidodonBordas 1935
speciesgracillimus

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.

†Proscelidodon gracillimus Rovereto 1914
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Invalid names: Elassotherium altirostre Cabrera 1939 [synonym], Proscelidodon almagroi Rovereto 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-22 16:27:29
Modified: 2005-08-22 18:30:22
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Elassotherium altirostre (87200 206316 206318 207619) Proscelidodon gracillimus (210573 211640)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (Catamarca) Proscelidodon almagroi (87201) Proscelidodon gracillimus (198543)
Huayquerian8.0 - 5.0Argentina (La Pampa) Elassotherium altirostre (87198) Proscelidodon gracillimus (140925 151498 151500 152061 192135 204363 204598 type locality: 210572) Proscelidodon sp. (206031)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Argentina (La Pampa) Proscelidodon gracillimus (141939 152067)