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Climacoceratidae
Taxonomy
Climacoceridae was named by Hamilton (1978).
It was corrected as Climacoceratidae by Morales et al. (1999), Pickford et al. (2001), Mitchell and Skinner (2003), Harris et al. (2010) and Danowitz et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Giraffoidea by Hamilton (1978), Morales et al. (1999), Mitchell and Skinner (2003) and Harris et al. (2010); and to Artiodactyla by Pickford et al. (2001) and Danowitz et al. (2016).
It was corrected as Climacoceratidae by Morales et al. (1999), Pickford et al. (2001), Mitchell and Skinner (2003), Harris et al. (2010) and Danowitz et al. (2016).
It was assigned to Giraffoidea by Hamilton (1978), Morales et al. (1999), Mitchell and Skinner (2003) and Harris et al. (2010); and to Artiodactyla by Pickford et al. (2001) and Danowitz et al. (2016).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1978 | Climacoceridae Hamilton p. 168 |
| 1999 | Climacoceratidae Morales et al. p. 232 |
| 2001 | Climacoceratidae Pickford et al. p. 647 |
| 2003 | Climacoceratidae Mitchell and Skinner p. 57 |
| 2010 | Climacoceratidae Harris et al. p. 797 |
| 2016 | Climacoceratidae Danowitz et al. p. 203 |
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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. †Climacoceratidae Hamilton 1978
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G. †Climacoceras MacInnes 1936
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†Climacoceras africanus MacInnes 1936
†Climacoceras gentryi Hamilton 1978
G. †Prolibytherium Arambourg 1961
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†Prolibytherium fusus Danowitz et al. 2016
†Prolibytherium magnieri Arambourg 1961
Invalid names: Climacoceratinae Hamilton 1978 [empty], Sperrgebietomerycinae Morales et al. 1999 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian - Burdigalian | Libya | Prolibytherium magnieri (42130) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Libya | Climacoceratidae indet. (13065) | |
| Burdigalian - Serravallian | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | Prolibytherium fusus (180613) | |
| MN 4 | Egypt | Prolibytherium magnieri (53970) | |
| Langhian | Kenya (Nyanza) | Climacoceras africanus (21339) | |
| Langhian | Kenya | Climacoceras africanus (22069 22070 22071 22078 22081) |