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Anthracosenex

Osteichthyes - Anthracotheriidae

Taxonomy
Anthracosenex was named by Zdansky (1930) [Type: phragmentary right lower jaw with part of P4 and M1, M2. The fossil is from China and is (or was) stored in the paleontological institute of the university of Upsala, Sweden.]. It is not extant. Its type is Anthracosenex ambiguus.

It was assigned to Anthracotheriidae by Zdansky (1930), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
A. ambiguus (type species)
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Anthracosenex Zdansky pp. 14-17 figs. I: 7-8
1988Anthracosenex Carroll
1997Anthracosenex McKenna and Bell p. 404

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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()
—Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyAnthracotheriidaeLeidy 1869
genusAnthracosenexZdansky 1930

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. †Anthracosenex Zdansky 1930
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†Anthracosenex ambiguus Zdansky 1930
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
O. Zdansky 1930Lower premolars more complicated as in typical Anthracotheriidae; they remined on Haplobunodon. Lower molars typical for Anthracotheriidae.
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: Carroll 1988, Kron and Manning 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: Sharamurunian or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Shanxi) A. ambiguus (42196 42197)
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Henan) A. ambiguus (41120)