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Peltephilidae ✝

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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4832779https://www.gbif.org/species/4832779
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)146413https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=146413
Rankfamily (GBIF)
unranked clade (PBDB)
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Peltephilidae
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Peltephilidae
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
familyPeltephilidae
Scientific NamePeltephilidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Peltephilidaefamilybelongs to Cingulatastated with evidenceAmeghino, 1894
Peltephilidaefamilybelongs to Peltateloideastated with evidenceAmeghino, 1897
Peltephilidaefamilybelongs to Dasypodoideastated without evidenceMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Peltephilidaefamilybelongs to Cingulatastated without evidenceKramarz et al., 2010
Peltephilidaeunranked cladebelongs to Cingulatastated with evidenceShockey, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)25
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance10.00 - 7.25 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietomnivore (based on Xenarthra)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)F. Ameghino. 1894. Enumeration synoptique des especes de mammifères fossiles des formations éocènes de Patagonie. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (Republica Argentina) 13:259-452

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Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Anantiosodon
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
117.5 Ma
Miocene
17.5 Ma
Miocene
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Epipeltephilus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
211.6 Ma
Miocene
10.00 Ma
Miocene
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Parapeltecoelus
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Peltecoelus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
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Peltephilus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2933.9 Ma
Oligocene
15.5 Ma
Miocene
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Ronwolffia
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
329.0 Ma
Oligocene
29.0 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1894Peltephilidae Ameghino
1897Peltephilidae Ameghino p. 509
1997Peltephilidae McKenna and Bell p. 86
2007Peltephilidae Croft et al. p. 784
2010Peltephilidae Kramarz et al.
2017Peltephilidae Shockey

References

Ameghino F. Enumeration synoptique des especes de mammifères fossiles des formations éocènes de Patagonie, Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias en Cordoba (Republica Argentina) 13, 259-452
Ameghino F. Mammiféres crétacés de l’Argentine (Deuxième contribution à la connaissance de la fauna mammalogique de couches à Pyrotherium) [Cretaceous mammals of Argentina (second contribution to the knowledge of the mammalian fauna of the Pyrotherium Beds)], Boletin Instituto Geografico Argentino 18 4–9, 406-521
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Croft D. A., Flynn J. J., et al (2007) A New Basal Glyptodontid and other Xenarthra of the Early Miocene Chucal Fauna, Northern Chile, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27 4, 781-797 doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2007)27[781:ANBGAO]2.0.CO;2
Kramarz A. G., Vucetich M. G., et al (2010) A new mammal fauna at the top of the Gran Barranca sequence and its biochronological significance, The Paleontology of Gran Barranca: Evolution and Environmental Change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia, 264-277
Shockey B. J. (2017) New Early Diverging Cingulate (Xenarthra: Peltephilidae) from the Late Oligocene of Bolivia and Considerations Regarding the Origin of Crown Xenarthra, Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58 2, 371-396
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - 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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