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Moeritheriidae
Taxonomy
Moeritheriidae was named by Andrews (1906). It is not extant. Its type is Moeritherium.
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Andrews (1906); to Proboscidea by Abel (1919); to Moeritherioidea by Simpson (1945); to Proboscidea by McKenna and Bell (1997), Shoshani and Tassy (2005); to Proboscidea by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Delmer et al. (2006); and to Moeritherioidea by Carroll (1988), Sanders et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Andrews (1906); to Proboscidea by Abel (1919); to Moeritherioidea by Simpson (1945); to Proboscidea by McKenna and Bell (1997), Shoshani and Tassy (2005); to Proboscidea by Shoshani and Tassy (1996), Delmer et al. (2006); and to Moeritherioidea by Carroll (1988), Sanders et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Moeritherium (type genus)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1906 | Moeritheriidae Andrews |
| 1919 | Moeritheriidae Abel p. 828 |
| 1945 | Moeritheriidae Simpson |
| 1988 | Moeritheriidae Carroll |
| 1996 | Moeritheriidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
| 1997 | Moeritheriidae McKenna and Bell p. 498 |
| 2005 | Moeritheriidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2006 | Moeritheriidae Delmer et al. p. 423 |
| 2010 | Moeritheriidae Sanders et al. p. 172 |
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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. †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