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Transpithecus

Mammalia - Notoungulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Transpithecus Ameghino p. 356
1935Transpithecus Simpson p. 16
1967Transpithecus Simpson
1988Transpithecus Carroll
2010Transpithecus Reguero and Prevosti
2012Transpithecus Vera
2016Transpithecus 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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Sudamericungulata
orderNotoungulata
—Notopithecidae()
genusTranspithecus

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.

G. †Transpithecus Ameghino 1901
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†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: Hendy et al. 2009, MacFadden et al. 1996, 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 (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Casamayoran56.0 - 48.0Argentina (Chubut) T. obtentus (176491) T. obtentus, Patriarchippus annectens (176285)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Argentina (Chubut) Acoelodus connectus (176164)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Chubut) T. obtentus (13779 176167 176169 176186 176492) T. sp. (176189)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Argentina (Santa Cruz) T. obtentus (176494)