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Elomeryx crispus

Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae

Taxonomy
Elomeryx crispus was named by Gervais (1849). Its type specimen is MNHN LDB 134, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Debruge, which is in a Priabonian mire/swamp marl in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. woodi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Elomeryx crispus Gervais

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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
genusElomeryx
speciescrispusGervais 1849

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.

†Elomeryx crispus Gervais 1849
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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: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 38.00000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Elomeryx crispus (type locality: 31747)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Czech Republic Elomeryx crispus (91466)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03France (Alpes-de-Haute Provence) Elomeryx crispus (183364)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Elomeryx crispus (182687)