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Anthracotheriidae (anthracothere)

Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Anthracotheriidae Leidy
1873Anthracotheridae Leidy p. 320
1889Anthracotheriidae Cope p. 876
1891Anthracotheriidae Flower and Lydekker p. 90
1902Anthracotheriidae Hay p. 651
1906Anthracotheriidae Andrews
1908Anthracotheriidae Lambe
1910Anthracotheriidae Gregory p. 466
1911Anthracotheridae Jaekel p. 234
1913Anthracotheriidae Scott p. 361
1940Anthracotheriidae Pilgrim p. 128
1940Anthracotheriidae Scott p. 442
1971Anthracotheriidae Sahni and Khare p. 47
1988Anthracotheriidae Carroll
1991Anthracotheriidae Anyonge p. 379
1997Anthracotheriidae McKenna and Bell p. 404
1997Anthracotheriidae Montgelard et al. p. 556
2001Anthracotheriidae Sach and Heizmann p. 30
2001Anthracotheriidae Thewissen et al. p. suppl.
2005Anthracotheriidae Boisserie et al.
2010Anthracotheriidae Boisserie et al. p. 351
2011Anthracotheriidae Boisserie et al. p. 620 figs. Table 1
2019Anthracotheriidae Scherler et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyAnthracotheriidaeLeidy 1869
familyAnthracotheriidaeLeidy 1869

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.

Fm. †Anthracotheriidae Leidy 1869 [anthracothere]
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G. †Aepinacodon Troxell 1921
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†Aepinacodon americanus Leidy 1856
†Aepinacodon deflectus Marsh 1890
†Aepinacodon rostratus Scott 1894
G. †Afromeryx Pickford 1991
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†Afromeryx zelteni Pickford 1991
G. †Ancodon Pomel 1847
G. †Anthracochoerus Dal Piaz 1930
G. †Anthracosenex Zdansky 1930
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†Anthracosenex ambiguus Zdansky 1930
Subfm. †Anthracotheriinae Leidy 1869
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G. †Anthracokeryx Pilgrim and Cotter 1916
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†Anthracokeryx birmanicus Pilgrim and Cotter 1916
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Invalid names: Anthracokeryx hospes Pilgrim 1928 [synonym]
†Anthracokeryx litangensis Zong and Chen 1996
†Anthracokeryx naduongensis Ducrocq et al. 2015
†Anthracokeryx sinensis Zdansky 1930
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Invalid names: Anthracokeryx dawsoni Wang 1985 [synonym]
†Anthracokeryx tenuis Pilgrim and Cotter 1916
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Invalid names: Anthracokeryx bambusae Pilgrim 1928 [synonym], Anthracokeryx myaingensis Pilgrim 1928 [synonym], Anthracokeryx ulnifer Pilgrim 1928 [synonym]
G. †Anthracotherium Cuvier 1822
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Invalid names: Heothema media Tang 1978 [synonym], Heothema nanningensis Zhao 1981 [synonym]
†Anthracotherium bugtiense Pilgrim 1907
†Anthracotherium chaimanei Ducrocq 1999
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Invalid names: Heothema angnsticalxia Tang 1978 [synonym], Heothema youngi Zhao 1983 [synonym]
†Anthracotherium crassum Pilgrim and Cotter 1916
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Invalid names: Anthracohyus choeroides Pilgrim and Cotter 1916 [synonym], Anthracokeryx moriturus Pilgrim 1928 [synonym]
†Anthracotherium cuvieri Gaudry 1873
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Invalid names: Anthracokeryx kwangsiensis Qiu 1977 [synonym]
†Anthracotherium magnum Cuvier 1822
†Anthracotherium pangan Pilgrim and Cotter 1916
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Invalid names: Anthracohyus rubricae Pilgrim and Cotter 1916 [synonym], Anthracothema palustre Pilgrim and Cotter 1916 [synonym]
†Anthracotherium sinense Zdansky 1930
†Anthracotherium verhoeveni Von Koenigswald 1967
Invalid names: Anthracohyus Pilgrim and Cotter 1916 [synonym], Anthracotherium alsaticum Cuvier 1822 [nomen dubium], Anthracotherium pygmaeum Lambe 1908 [nomen vanum], Anthracotherium valdense Kowalevski 1876 [nomen dubium]
G. †Heptacodon Marsh 1894
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†Heptacodon curtus Marsh 1894
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Invalid names: Anthracotherium karense Osborn and Wortman 1894 [synonym], Octacodon valens Marsh 1894 [synonym]
†Heptacodon gibbiceps Marsh 1894
†Heptacodon occidentale Osborn and Wortman 1894
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Invalid names: Heptacodon quadratus Scott 1940 [synonym]
†Heptacodon occidentalis Osborn and Wortman 1894
†Heptacodon pellionis Storer 1983
†Heptacodon yeguaensis Holroyd 2002
G. †Nabotherium Sileem et al. 2016
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†Nabotherium aegyptiacum Andrews 1906
G. †Paenanthracotherium Scherler et al. 2019
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†Paenanthracotherium bergeri Scherler et al. 2019
†Paenanthracotherium strategus Forster-Cooper 1913
Invalid names: Elliotherium murphyi Pickford 2016 [nomen nudum]
G. †Prominatherium Teller 1884
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†Prominatherium dalmantinum von Meyer 1854
†Prominatherium dalmatinum von Meyer 1854
Invalid names: Anthracotherium bumbachense Stehlin 1910 [nomen dubium], Anthracotherium illyricum Teller 1886 [nomen dubium]
G. †Arretotherium Douglass 1902
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†Arretotherium acridens Douglass 1902
†Arretotherium fricki Macdonald and Schultz 1956
†Arretotherium leptodus Matthew 1909
†Arretotherium meridionale Rincon et al. 2013
G. †Atopotherium Ducrocq et al. 1996
Subfm. †Bothriodontinae Scott 1940
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G. †Bakalovia Nikolov and Hessig 1985
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†Bakalovia palaeopontica Nikolov and Hessig 1985
G. †Bothriodon Aymard 1846
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†Bothriodon advena Russell 1978
†Bothriodon chowi Xu 1961
†Bothriodon sandaensis Tsubamoto 2007
†Bothriodon velaunus von Meyer 1832
Invalid names: Ancodus Pomel 1848 [synonym], Hyopotamus Leidy 1857 [synonym]
G. †Bothriogenys Schmidt 1913
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†Bothriogenys andrewsi Schmidt 1913
†Bothriogenys fraasi Schmidt 1913
†Bothriogenys gorringei Andrews and Beadnell 1902
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Invalid names: Ancodus gorringei Andrews and Beadnell 1902 [replaced]
†Bothriogenys hui Chow 1958
†Bothriogenys langsonensis Ducrocq et al. 2015
†Bothriogenys orientalis Ducrocq 1997
†Bothriogenys rugulosus Schmidt 1913
†Bothriogenys vietnamensis Ducrocq et al. 2015
G. †Brachyodus Depéret 1895
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†Brachyodus depereti Fourtau 1918
†Brachyodus hui Chow 1958
†Brachyodus manchharensis Prasad 1964
†Brachyodus moneyi Fourtau 1918
†Brachyodus onoideum Gervais 1859
G. †Elomeryx Marsh 1894
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†Elomeryx armatus Marsh 1894
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Invalid names: Elomeryx brachystylus Troxell 1921 [synonym], Elomeryx mitis Marsh 1894 [synonym], Hyopotamus brachyrhynchus Osborn and Wortman 1894 [synonym]
†Elomeryx asticus Nikolov 1967
†Elomeryx borbonicus Geais 1934
†Elomeryx cluai Deperet 1906
†Elomeryx crispus Gervais 1849
†Elomeryx garbanii Macdonald 1970
†Elomeryx japonicus Matsumoto 1925
Invalid names: Bakalovia orientalis Böhme et al. 2013 [nomen dubium], Bothriodon chyelingensis Xu 1977 [nomen dubium], Bothriodon tientongensis Xu 1977 [nomen dubium], Brachyodus trofimovi de Bonis et al. 1997 [nomen dubium]
G. †Libycosaurus Bonnarelli 1947
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†Libycosaurus algeriensis Ducrocq et al. 2001
†Libycosaurus anisae Black 1972
†Libycosaurus bahri Lihoreau et al. 2014
†Libycosaurus petrocchii Bonnarelli 1947
G. †Merycopotamus Falconer and Cautley 1847
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†Merycopotamus dissimilis Falconer and Cautley 1847
†Merycopotamus medioximus Lihoreau et al. 2004
†Merycopotamus pusillus Lydekker 1885
G. †Octacodon Marsh 1894
G. †Bugtitherium Pilgrim 1908
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G. †Bunobrachyodus Deperet 1908
G. †Choeromeryx Pomel 1848
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Invalid names: Chaeromeryx Lydekker 1885 [synonym]
G. †Elliottherium Scherler 2011
G. †Elotherium Pomel 1847
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†Elotherium leidyanum Marsh in Cope 1868
†Elotherium superbus Leidy 1868
†Elotherium uintense Osborn 1895
G. †Epirigenys Lihoreau et al. 2015
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†Epirigenys lokonensis Lihoreau et al. 2015
G. †Gonotelma Pilgrim 1908
G. †Hemimeryx Lydekker 1883
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†Hemimeryx blandfordi Lydekker 1883
Invalid names: Gelasmodon Forster-Cooper 1913 [synonym]
G. †Heothema Tang 1978
G. †Huananothema Tang 1978
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G. †Kukusepasutanka Macdonald 1956
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†Kukusepasutanka schultzi Macdonald 1956
G. †Masritherium Fourtau 1918
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†Masritherium aequatorialis MacInnes 1951
†Masritherium depereti Fourtau 1918
G. †Merycops Pilgrim 1910
Subfm. †Microbunodontinae Lihoreau and Ducrocq 2007
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G. †Geniokeryx Ducrocq 2020
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†Geniokeryx nanus Ducrocq et al. 2021
†Geniokeryx thailandicus Ducrocq 1999
G. †Microbunodon Depéret 1908
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†Microbunodon milaensis Lihoreau et al. 2004
†Microbunodon minimum Lihoreau et al. 2004
†Microbunodon silistrense Pentland 1828
G. †Pachychoerops Kretzoi 1941
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Invalid names: Isodactylus Dal Piaz 1927 [synonym]
G. †Parabrachyodus Forster-Cooper 1915
G. †Probrachyodus Xu and Chiu 1962
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†Probrachyodus panchiaoensis Xu and Chiu 1962
G. †Qatraniodon Ducrocq 1997
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†Qatraniodon parvus Andrews 1906
G. †Sivameryx Lydekker 1883
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†Sivameryx africanus Andrews 1914
†Sivameryx palaeindicus Lydekker 1883
Invalid names: Hyoboops Trouessart 1905 [synonym]
G. †Telmatodon Pilgrim 1907
G. †Ulausuodon Hu 1963
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†Ulausuodon parvus Hu 1963
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available