Coniopternium is an extinct genus of macraucheniids from the Late Oligocene of South America. Fossils of Coniopternium have been found in the Agua de la Piedra, Deseado, and Sarmiento Formations of Argentina,[1][2] the Salla Formation of Bolivia,[3] and the Moquegua Formation of Peru.[4]
| Coniopternium | |
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| Astragali of Coniopternium andinum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Litopterna |
| Family: | †Macraucheniidae |
| Subfamily: | †Cramaucheniinae |
| Genus: | †Coniopternium Ameghino, 1894 |
| Type species | |
| †Coniopternium andinum Ameghino, 1894
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| Species | |
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| Synonyms | |
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†Notodiaphorus crassus Loomis, 1914 | |
Taxonomy
editConiopternium was first described by Ameghino in 1895 based on fossils found in the Sarmiento Formation of Chubut Province, Argentina. 19 years later, in 1914, the species Notodiaphorus crassus had been described, whose fossils were discovered in the La Flecha locality of the Deseado Formation in Santa Cruz Province.[5] However, later authorities have since synonymized Notodiaphorus with Coniopternium andinum.[6]
References
edit- ^ Schmidt, Gabriela Ines; Cerdeño, Esperanza; Pino, Santiago Hernández Del (2019-05-31). "Macraucheniidae and Proterotheriidae (Mammalia, Litopterna) from Quebrada Fiera (Late Oligocene), Mendoza Province, Argentina". Andean Geology. 46 (2): 368–382. doi:10.5027/andgeoV46n2-3109. hdl:11336/80129. ISSN 0718-7106.
- ^ Cerdeño, E. (2011-12-30). "Quebrada Fiera (Mendoza), un importante centro paleobiogeográfico en el Oligoceno tardío de América del Sur". Estudios Geológicos (in Spanish). 67 (2): 375–384. doi:10.3989/egeol.40519.194. ISSN 1988-3250.
- ^ Shockey, B.; Anaya, F. (2008). "Postcranial Osteology of Mammals from Salla, Bolivia (Late Oligocene): Form, Function, and Phylogenetic Implications". In Sargis, E. J.; Dagosto, M. (eds.). Mammalian Evolutionary Morphology: A Tribute to Frederick S. Szalay. Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology Series. Springer. pp. 135–157. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-6997-0_7. ISBN 978-1-4020-6996-3.
- ^ Shockey, Bruce J.; Gismondi, Rodolfo Salas; Gans, Phillip; Jeong, Annie; Flynn, John J. (2009). "Paleontology and Geochronology of the Deseadan (late Oligocene) of Moquegua, Perú". American Museum Novitates. 2009 (3668): 1–24. doi:10.1206/662.1. ISSN 0003-0082.
- ^ Loomis, Frederic Brewster (1914). The Deseado Formation of Patagonia. Amherst College. pp. 1–232. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.28110. LCCN 14014187. OCLC 1053693.
- ^ Cifelli, Richard L.; Soria, Miguel F. (1983). "Notes on Deseadan Macraucheniidae". Ameghiniana (in Spanish). 20 (1–2): 141–153. ISSN 1851-8044.