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Cuisitherium

Mammalia - Choeropotamidae

Taxonomy
Cuisitherium was named by Sudre et al. (1983). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dacrytheriidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Choeropotamidae by Sudre and Lecomte (2000), Erfurt and Metais (2007).

Species
C. lydekkeri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Cuisitherium Sudre et al.
1997Cuisitherium McKenna and Bell p. 406
2000Cuisitherium Sudre and Lecomte p. 417
2007Cuisitherium Erfurt and Metais p. 66

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyChoeropotamoidea
familyChoeropotamidaeOwen 1845
genusCuisitheriumSudre et al. 1983

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. †Cuisitherium Sudre et al. 1983
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†Cuisitherium lydekkeri Lemoine 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilep
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, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Champagne-Ardenne) C. lydekkeri (28546 73387)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France C. lydekkeri (183451)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France (Marne) C. lydekkeri (35539 35540 181653) C. sp. (35535)