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Kaupitherium bronni

Osteichthyes - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Halitherium bronni was named by Krauss (1858). Its type specimen is SMNS 1539, a skull (skull roof), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Flonheim, which is in a Rupelian marine horizon in the Alzey Formation of Germany.

It was synonymized subjectively with Halitherium schinzii by Domning (1996); it was recombined as Kaupitherium bronni by Voss and Hampe (2017).

Entered
by M. Uhen on 2006-09-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Halitherium bronni Krauss p. 528
2017Kaupitherium bronni Voss and Hampe

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
genusKaupitherium
speciesbronni()

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.

Kaupitherium bronni Krauss 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Domning 1979

Age range: Rupelian or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Kaupitherium bronni (65088)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Halitherium bronni (type locality: 65077)