User:Magnatyrannus/Phoradiadius
| Magnatyrannus/Phoradiadius | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Litopterna |
| Family: | †Sparnotheriodontidae |
| Genus: | †Phoradiadius Simpson et al. 1962 |
| Species: | †P. divortiensis
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| Binomial name | |
| †Phoradiadius divortiensis Simpson et al. 1962
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Phoradiadius is an extinct genus of sparnotheriodontid litoptern that lived from the Middle Eocene to Late Eocene in what is now Argentina. Fossils of this genus have been found in the Divisadero Largo Formation of Argentina. The genus name is an anagram of Diadiaphorus, a proterotheriid, which it was originally classified as.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The genus name, Phoradiadius, is an anagram of the proterotheriid genus Diadiaphorus. The specific name, divortiensis, is derived from divortium, meaning "separation" or "divorce", for Divisadero Largo.[1]
Description
[edit]Phoradiadius was a medium-sized sparnotheriodontid, smaller than Notiolofos and Sparnotheriodon.
Taxonomy
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Simpson, George Gaylord; Minoprio, José Luis; Patterson, Bryan (1962). "The mammalian fauna of the Divisadero Largo Formation, Mendoza, Argentina". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 127 (4): 239–293.
Category:Sparnotheriodontids
Category:Prehistoric placental genera
Category:Eocene mammals of South America
Category:Paleogene Argentina
Category:Fossils of Argentina
Category:Divisaderan
Category:Mustersan
Category:Fossil taxa described in 1962
Category:Taxa named by George Gaylord Simpson