Antarctodon sobrali

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cohors: Eutheria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Cladus: †Meridiungulata
Ordo: †Astrapotheria
Genus: Antarctodon
Species: Antarctodon sobrali

Name

Antarctodon sobrali Bond, Kramarz, MacPhee & Reguero, 2011

Holotype: MLP 08-XI-30-1, an isolated right p4 or m1.

Type locality: Seymour (Marambio) Island, Antarctic Peninsula. La Meseta Formation, cucullaea I Allomember (Marenssi et al., 1998). [dPV 2/84, TeLM 4 of Sadler (1988) (Marenssi et al., 1994)].

References

• Mariano Bond, Alejandro Kramarz, Ross D. E. Macphee & Marcelo Reguero 2011: A New Astrapothere (Mammalia, Meridiungulata) from La Meseta Formation, Seymour (Marambio) Island, and a Reassessment of Previous Records of Antarctic Astrapotheres. American Museum Novitates 3718 :1-16. DOI: 10.1206/3718.2 Full article
• MacPhee, R.D.E. & M.A. Reguero. 2010: Reinterpretation of a Middle Eocene record of Tardigrada (Pilosa, Xenarthra, Mammalia) from La Meseta Formation, Seymour Island, West Antarctica. American Museum Novitates, 3689: 1–21.
• Reguero, M.A., and S.A. Marenssi. 2010: Paleogene climatic and biotic events in the terrestrial record of the Antarctic Peninsula: an overview. In R. Madden, A.A. Carlini, M.G. Vucetich, and R. Kay (editors), The paleontology of Gran Barranca: evolution and environmental change through the Middle Cenozoic of Patagonia: 383–397. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.