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Moeritherioidea

Mammalia - Proboscidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Moeritherioidea Osborn p. 2
1936Moeritherioidea Osborn p. 24
1975Moeritherioidea McKenna p. 43
1988Moeritherioidea Carroll
2010Moeritherioidea Sanders et al. p. 172

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
superfamilyMoeritherioidea
superfamilyMoeritherioidea

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Superfm. †Moeritherioidea Osborn 1921
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Fm. †Moeritheriidae Andrews 1906
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G. †Moeritherium Andrews 1901
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Moeritherium chehbeurameuri Delmer et al. 2006
Moeritherium gracile Andrews 1902
Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews 1901
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Invalid names: Moeritherium ancestrale Petronievics 1923 [synonym]
Moeritherium trigonodon Andrews 1904
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Invalid names: Moeritherium andrewsi Schlosser 1911 [synonym]
Invalid names: Moeritherium latidens Deraniyagala 1955 [nomen dubium], Moeritherium pharaonensis Deraniyagala 1955 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Rupelian or 47.80000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Senegal (Thies region) Moeritherium sp. (36616)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Kutch) Moeritheriidae indet. (45590 45592)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mali Moeritherium sp. (136910)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Libya Moeritherium lyonsi (48077) Moeritherium trigodon (55449)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Algeria Moeritherium chehbeurameuri (59733)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt (Fayum) Moeritherium lyonsi (74737 175910 181545 181547 181548 181549 181550 181551 181552 181553 181554 181555 181556 181557)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Moeritherium lyonsi, Moeritherium gracile (79700)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Egypt Moeritherium sp. (40516)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) Moeritherium lyonsi, Moeritherium gracile, Moeritherium trigonodon (65960)