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Indomeryx cotteri

Mammalia - Lophiomerycidae

Taxonomy
Indomeryx cotteri was named by Pilgrim (1928). Its type specimen is GSI B768, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sinzwe, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siliciclastic in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Indomeryx cotteri Pilgrim
1999Indomeryx cotteri Guo et al.
2000Indomeryx pilgrimi Métais et al.
2001Indomeryx cotteri Vislobokova p. S139
2003Indomeryx cotteri Tsubamoto 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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
infraorderTragulina
superfamilyTraguloidea
familyLophiomerycidaeJanis 1987
genusIndomeryxPilgrim 1928
speciescotteriPilgrim 1928

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.

†Indomeryx cotteri Pilgrim 1928
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Invalid names: Indomeryx pilgrimi Métais et al. 2000 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
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, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar Indomeryx cotteri (type locality: 41179 41287 41307 180397 180398) Indomeryx cotteri, Indomeryx pilgrimi (41331 41456)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Guangxi) Indomeryx cotteri (176324 176325 176372 176374) Indomeryx cotteri, Indomeryx sp. (176326)