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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

Indomeryx pilgrimi was named by Métais et al. (2000). Its type specimen is Bhn 911, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bahin 4, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siltstone in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar.

It was synonymized subjectively with Indomeryx cotteri by Tsubamoto et al. (2003).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1928	Indomeryx cotteri Pilgrim
1999	Indomeryx cotteri Guo et al.
2000	Indomeryx pilgrimi Métais et al.
2001	Indomeryx cotteri Vislobokova p. S139
2003	Indomeryx cotteri Tsubamoto et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
—	Ruminantiamorpha
—	Ruminantia	(Scopoli 1777)
infraorder	Tragulina
superfamily	Traguloidea
family	Lophiomerycidae	Janis 1987
genus	Indomeryx	Pilgrim 1928
species	cotteri	Pilgrim 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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Myanmar	Indomeryx cotteri (type locality: 41179 41287 41307 180397 180398) Indomeryx cotteri, Indomeryx pilgrimi (41331 41456)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	China (Guangxi)	Indomeryx cotteri (176324 176325 176372 176374) Indomeryx cotteri, Indomeryx sp. (176326)