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Masritherium

Osteichthyes - Anthracotheriidae

Species
M. aequatorialis, M. depereti (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by M. Uhen on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Masritherium Fourtau p. 63 figs. 44-57
1988Masritherium Carroll
1991Masritherium Anyonge p. 379
1997Masritherium McKenna and Bell p. 406

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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
genusMasritherium

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. †Masritherium Fourtau 1918
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Masritherium aequatorialis MacInnes 1951
Masritherium depereti Fourtau 1918
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Kron and Manning 1998

Age range: MN 4 or 16.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Uganda Brachyodus aequatorialis (28292 28293)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Uganda Brachyodus aequatorialis (192070)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Kenya M. aequatoralis (83629) M. aequitorialis (38060)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Egypt M. depereti (53970)