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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4830128	https://www.gbif.org/species/4830128
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	43552	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=43552

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Propraopus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cingulata : Dasypodidae : Propraopus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Americatheria	Shockey 2017
-	Xenarthra
-	Cingulata
-	Dasypodoidea
family	Dasypodidae
subfamily	Dasypodinae	Gray 1821
tribe	Dasypodini
genus	Propraopus	Ameghino 1881

Scientific Name

Propraopus Ameghino, 1881

Name Published In

Antig. Hom. Plata, 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Propraopus	genus	belongs to Praopidae	stated with evidence	Ameghino, 1889
Propraopus	genus	belongs to Dasypodidae	implied	Carroll, 1988
Propraopus	genus	belongs to Dasypodini	stated without evidence	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Propraopus	genus	belongs to Dasypodidae	stated without evidence	Salles et al., 2006
Propraopus	genus	belongs to Dasypodini	stated with evidence	Rincón et al., 2008

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

2.59 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene

Last Recorded Appearance

0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

insectivore (based on Dasypodidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Dasypus magnus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dasypus punctatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dasypus sulcatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Propraopus magnus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Propraopus punctatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0.01 Ma Pleistocene
Propraopus sulcatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		19	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1881	Propraopus Ameghino
1889	Propraopus Ameghino p. 862
1908	Pontotatus Ameghino p. 427
1988	Propraopus Carroll
1997	Propraopus McKenna and Bell p. 83
2004	Propraopus Zurita et al.
2006	Propraopus Salles et al. p. 7
2008	Propraopus Rincón et al. p. 200

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Ameghino F. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic], Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6, xxxii-1027

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Zurita A. E., Carlini A. A., et al (2004) Mamíferos extintos del Cuaternario de la Provincia del Chaco (Argentina) y su relación con aquéllos del este de la región pampeana y de Chile, Revista geológica de Chile 31 1, 65-87

Salles L. O., Cartelle C., et al (2006) Quaternary mammals from Serra do Bodoquena, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, Boletim do Museu Nacional 521, 1-12

Rincón A. D., White R. S., et al (2008) Late Pleistocene cingulates (Mammalia: Xenarthra) from Mene de Inciarte tar pits, Sierra de Perijá, western Venezuela, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28 1, 197-207

Antig. Hom. Plata, 2 - 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

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - 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

as per family - 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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