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Ancylotherium pentelicum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae

Taxonomy
Macrotherium pentelicum was named by Gaudry and Lartet (1856) [Ancylotherium is not the original genus].

It was recombined as Ancylotherium pentelici by Gaudry (1867); it was recombined as Ancylotherium pentelicum by Geraads et al. (2007) and Giaourtsakis and Koufos (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Macrotherium pentelicum Gaudry and Lartet
1867Ancylotherium pentelici Gaudry
2007Ancylotherium pentelicum Geraads et al. p. 462
2009Ancylotherium pentelicum Giaourtsakis and Koufos

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ancylopoda()
superfamilyChalicotherioideaGill 1872
familyChalicotheriidaeGill 1872
subfamilySchizotheriinae
genusAncylotheriumGaudry 1863
speciespentelicum(Gaudry and Lartet 1856)

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.

†Ancylotherium pentelicum Gaudry and Lartet 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsuperf
Diet: browsersuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:59:14
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:59:14
Source: superf = superfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Coombs 1998, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Usak) Ancylotherium pentelicum (34462)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) Ancylotherium pentelici (182754) Ancylotherium pentelicum (202631)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Bulgaria (Blagoevgrard) Ancylotherium pentelicum (197446)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Denizli) Ancylotherium pentelicum (197642)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) Ancylotherium pentelicum (202213)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos) Ancylotherium pentelicum (202215 202216 202218)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) Ancylotherium pentelicum (73553)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece Ancylotherium pentelicum (95691)