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Neonematherium

Mammalia - Mylodontidae

Taxonomy

Neonematherium was named by Ameghino (1904).

It was assigned to Mylodontidae by Rovereto (1914) and Carroll (1988); and to Scelidotheriinae by Ameghino (1904) and Varela et al. (2019).

Species

N. flabellatum

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Neonematherium Ameghino p. 133
1914	Neonematherium Rovereto p. 36
1988	Neonematherium Carroll
2019	Neonematherium Varela et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Americatheria
—	Xenarthra	()
infraorder	Pilosa	Flower 1883
—	Folivora
class	Eufolivora	Delsuc et al. 2001
family	Mylodontidae	Ameghino 1889
subfamily	Scelidotheriinae	Ameghino 1889
genus	Neonematherium

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. †Neonematherium Ameghino 1904

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†Neonematherium flabellatum Ameghino 1904

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Friasian to the top of the Laventan or 16.30000 to 11.00000 Ma

Collections (21 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Friasian	16.3 - 15.5	Chile	N. sp. (176666)
Laventan	13.8 - 11.0	Colombia	N. flabellatum (13684 13687 13739 13750 117981)
Laventan	13.8 - 11.0	Colombia (Huila)	N. flabellatum (13650 186609 186626 186630 186788 187888 187945 187949 187970 187971 187972 187973) N. sp. (133648 133689 187721)