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Chasicotherium rothi

Mammalia - Notoungulata - Homalodotheriidae

Taxonomy
Chasicotherium rothi was named by Cabrera and Kraglievich (1931). Its type specimen is MLP 26-XI-20-1, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Arroyo Chasicó, which is in a Chasicoan floodplain sandstone in the Arroyo Chasicó Formation of Argentina. It is the type species of Chasicotherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Chasicotherium rothi Cabrera and Kraglievich
1957Chasicotherium rothi De Ringuelet

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
familyHomalodotheriidaeGregory 1910
subfamilyChasicotheriinaeCabrera and Kraglievich 1931
genusChasicotheriumCabrera and Kraglievich 1931
speciesrothiCabrera and Kraglievich 1931

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.

†Chasicotherium rothi Cabrera and Kraglievich 1931
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Chasicoan or 10.00000 to 8.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chasicoan10.0 - 8.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Chasicotherium rothi (type locality: 79180)