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Brachyodus moneyi

Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae

Taxonomy
Brachyodus moneyi was named by Fourtau (1918). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Wadi Moghra, which is in a MN 4 marginal marine sandstone in the Moghara Formation of Egypt.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Brachyodus moneyi Fourtau p. 56 figs. Fig. 37-45

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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
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyAnthracotheriidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyBothriodontinae
genusBrachyodus
speciesmoneyi

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.

Brachyodus moneyi Fourtau 1918
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:33:14
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:33:14
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Kron and Manning 1998, Carroll 1988

Age range: MN 4 or 16.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MN 416.9 - 15.97Egypt Brachyodus moneyi (type locality: 53970)