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Pedrolypeutes ✝

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4830082https://www.gbif.org/species/4830082
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)265913https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=265913
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Pedrolypeutes
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Pedrolypeutes
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-AmericatheriaShockey 2017
-Xenarthra
-Cingulata
-Dasypodoidea
familyDasypodidae
subfamilyTolypeutinaeGray 1865
tribeTolypeutiniGray 1865
genusPedrolypeutesCarlini Vizcaíno & Scillato-Yané 1997
Scientific NamePedrolypeutes Carlini, Vizcaíno & Scillato-Yané, 1997
Name Published InVertebrate paleontology in the Neotropics: the Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia. Smithsonian Institution Press Washington & London
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pedrolypeutesgenusbelongs to Tolypeutinistated with evidenceCarlini et al., 1997
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance16.3 - 15.5 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore (based on Dasypodidae)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. A. Carlini, S. F. Vizcaino, and G. J. Scillato-Yane. 1997. Armored Xenarthrans: A unique taxonomic and ecologic assemblage. Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics; The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia (R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, R. L. Cifelli, and J. J. Flynn, eds.; Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington)

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Pedrolypeutes praecursor ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		616.3 Ma
Miocene		16.0 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1997Pedrolypeutes Carlini et al.

References

Carlini A. A., Vizcaino S. F., et al (1997) Armored Xenarthrans: A unique taxonomic and ecologic assemblage, Vertebrate Paleontology in the Neotropics; The Miocene Fauna of La Venta, Colombia (R. F. Kay, R. H. Madden, R. L. Cifelli, and J. J. Flynn, eds.; Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington)
Delsuc et al., 2004 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Vertebrate paleontology in the Neotropics: the Miocene fauna of La Venta, Colombia. Smithsonian Institution Press Washington & London - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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