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Decennatherium rex

Mammalia - Giraffidae

Taxonomy
Decennatherium rex was named by Rios et al. (2017) [LSID urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:C5E9530A-6C05-4979-9DE7-FC9533CC22E4]. Its type specimen is BAT10’13.E2-69, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro de Batallones 10 (BAT10), which is in a MN 10 terrestrial horizon in Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2017Decennatherium rex Rios et al. p. 7 figs. 2-41

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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)
—Pecora()
superfamilyGiraffomorpha
familyGiraffidae
genusDecennatheriumCrusafont Pairo 1952
speciesrex

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.

†Decennatherium rex Rios et al. 2017
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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: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999

Age range: MN 10 or 9.70000 to 8.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Madrid) Decennatherium rex (237402)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Spain (Madrid) Decennatherium rex (type locality: 197661)