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Stegotherium tauberi

Mammalia

Taxonomy
Stegotherium tauberi was named by Gonzalez and Scilalto-Yané (2008). Its type specimen is YPM PU 15565, a partial skeleton (anterior portion of breastplate, complete skull, cervical vertebrae except 6th and 7th, two thoracic vertebrae and right foot), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Killik Aike Norte, which is in a Santacrucian terrestrial tuff in the Santa Cruz Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Stegotherium tauberi Gonzalez and Scilalto-Yané figs. 3.1-7

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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()
suborderDasypoda
tribeStegotheriini()
genusStegotheriumAmeghino 1887
speciestauberi

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.

†Stegotherium tauberi Gonzalez and Scilalto-Yané 2008
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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: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Santacrucian or 17.50000 to 16.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santacrucian17.5 - 16.3Argentina (Santa Cruz) Stegotherium tauberi (type locality: 87314 176576 176590 204358)