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Barytheriidae (barythere)
Taxonomy
Barytheriidae is a family. It is not extant. Its type is Barytherium.
It was assigned to Ungulata by Andrews (1906); to Proboscidea by Abel (1919); to Proboscidea by Shoshani and Tassy (1996); to Proboscidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Plesielephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); and to Barytherioidea by Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988) and Sanders et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Ungulata by Andrews (1906); to Proboscidea by Abel (1919); to Proboscidea by Shoshani and Tassy (1996); to Proboscidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Plesielephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); and to Barytherioidea by Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988) and Sanders et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Barytherium (type genus), Omanitherium
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1906 | Barytheriidae Andrews p. 172 |
| 1919 | Barytheriidae Abel p. 829 |
| 1945 | Barytheriidae Simpson |
| 1988 | Barytheriidae Carroll |
| 1996 | Barytheriidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
| 1997 | Barytheriidae McKenna and Bell p. 498 |
| 2005 | Barytheriidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2010 | Barytheriidae Sanders et al. p. 171 |
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Fm. †Barytheriidae [barythere]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available