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Caenomeryx

Mammalia - Cainotheriidae

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Caenomeryx Hürzeler pp. 100-103 figs. p. 92-94
1997Caenomeryx McKenna and Bell p. 408
2005Caenomeryx Blondel p. 158
2007Caenomeryx Erfurt and Metais p. 70
2014Caenomeryx Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 606

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
superfamilyCainotherioideaCamp and VanDerHoof 1940
familyCainotheriidaeCope 1881
subfamilyCainotheriinaeCamp and VanderHoof 1940
genusCaenomeryx

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.

G. †Caenomeryx Hürzeler 1936
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Caenomeryx filholi Lydekker 1885
Caenomeryx procommunis Filhol 1877
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Hürzeler 1936Disposition of cusps of maxilla-molars is changing (stage B); toothrow with short diastema infront of upper P4, lower diastema infront of P3 is short or absent; premolars short; upper P2 with a strong, P3 with a weaker inner cusp; P4 very small. Intermaxilla does not meet with frontale; suture of maxillonasalia short; nasalia broad, posterior of intermaxilla abruptly widened. Irregular Ethmoidalgap (Ethmoidallücke); choanas wide; mandible short, high, robust.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MP 22 to the top of the Rupelian or 33.90000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France C. procommunis (203744)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) C. procommunis (36711) C. procommunis, C. filholi (36709)
MP 2433.9 - 28.4France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) C. sp. (182658)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France C. procommunis (183381)
MP 2628.4 - 23.03France (Gard) C. communis (172927)