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Mouillacitherium

Osteichthyes - Dichobunidae

Taxonomy
Mouillacitherium was named by Filhol (1882). It is not extant. Its type is Mouillacitherium elegans.

It was assigned to Dichobunidae by Hooker (1986), Carroll (1988); to Hyperdichobunini by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Hyperdichobuninae by Theodor et al. (2007).

Species
M. carteri, M. cartieri, M. elegans (type species), M. schlosseri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Mouillacitherium Filhol
1986Mouillacitherium Hooker p. 376
1988Mouillacitherium Carroll
1997Mouillacitherium McKenna and Bell p. 400
2007Mouillacitherium Theodor et al. p. 50

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyDichobunidaeGill 1872
subfamilyHyperdichobuninae(Gentry and Hooker 1988)
genusMouillacitheriumFilhol 1882

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.

G. †Mouillacitherium Filhol 1882
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†Mouillacitherium carteri Rutimeyer 1891
†Mouillacitherium cartieri Rutimeyer 1891
†Mouillacitherium elegans Filhol 1882
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 300 gs
Minimum body mass: 300 gs
Body mass estimate: 300 g
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: omnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 06:18:28
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:18:28
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Blondel 1996, Legendre 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1448.07 - 41.03France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) M. cartieri (184174)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) M. sp., M. cartieri (31723)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) M. elegans (31736)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) M. cartieri (31718) M. sp., M. cartieri (31720)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) M. elegans (12840)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland M. elegans (31742)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) M. elegans (12850)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) M. elegans (12848 12853)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Switzerland (Solothurn) M. elegans (31746)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) M. elegans (31756)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) M. elegans (31758)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) M. elegans (12849 31740 31745) M. schlosseri (12842)