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Dremotherium

Osteichthyes - Moschidae

Taxonomy
Dremotherium was named by Geoffroy (1833). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Moschidae by Carroll (1988), Prothero (2007), Becker et al. (2010); and to Pecora by Mennecart and Métais (2015).

Species
D. cetinensis, D. feignouxi, D. guthi, D. quercyi
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. pentelici

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Dremotherium Geoffroy
1988Dremotherium Carroll
2007Dremotherium Prothero p. 223
2010Dremotherium Becker et al.
2015Dremotherium Mennecart and Métais

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyBovoidea
familyMoschidae
genusDremotheriumGeoffroy 1833

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. †Dremotherium Geoffroy 1833
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†Dremotherium cetinensis Ginsburg et al. 1994
†Dremotherium feignouxi Geoffroy 1833
†Dremotherium guthi Jehenne 1987
†Dremotherium quercyi Filhol 1887
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Diet 2: grazerf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-23 13:15:44
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MP 28 to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 27.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) D. guthi (182805)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mongolia D. guthi (75588 176446)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Türkiye (Anatolia) D. guthi (182743)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Germany D. guthi (59886)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Puy-de-Dôme) D. guthi (184042)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) D. guthi, D. quercyi (36712) D. quercyi (36715)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Switzerland D. quercyi (184044)
MP 28 - MP 2927.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) D. guthi (36716)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04France (Aquitaine) D. guthi, D. quercyi (37208)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Spain (Zaragoza) D. cetinensis (35750)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) D. pentelici (202120)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Attica) D. pentelici (182754)