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Rhagatherium
Taxonomy
Rhagatherium was named by Pictet (1857). It is not extant. Its type is Rhagatherium valdense.
It was assigned to Chalicotheriidae by Cope (1881); to Anthracotheriidae by Andrews (1906); to Haplobunodontidae by Hooker (1986), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Choeropotamidae by Sudre and Lecomte (2000), Erfurt and Metais (2007).
It was assigned to Chalicotheriidae by Cope (1881); to Anthracotheriidae by Andrews (1906); to Haplobunodontidae by Hooker (1986), Carroll (1988), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Choeropotamidae by Sudre and Lecomte (2000), Erfurt and Metais (2007).
Species
R. kowalevskyi, R. valdense (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1857 | Rhagatherium Pictet |
| 1881 | Rhagatherium Cope p. 395 |
| 1906 | Rhagatherium Andrews p. 191 |
| 1986 | Rhagatherium Hooker p. 404 |
| 1988 | Rhagatherium Carroll |
| 1997 | Rhagatherium McKenna and Bell p. 403 |
| 2000 | Rhagatherium Sudre and Lecomte p. 417 |
| 2007 | Rhagatherium Erfurt and Metais p. 63 |
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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. †Rhagatherium Pictet 1857
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†Rhagatherium kowalevskyi Stehlin 1908
†Rhagatherium valdense Pictet 1857
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutetian | Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) | R. kowalevskyi (13322) | |
| Lutetian - Bartonian | Switzerland (Baselland) | R. kowalevskyi (31723) | |
| Bartonian | Switzerland (Baselland) | R. kowalevskyi (31718 31720) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | United Kingdom (England) | R. sp. (41652) | |
| Priabonian | Switzerland | R. valdense (31743) |