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Libytherium

Osteichthyes

Taxonomy
Libytherium was named by Pomel (1892). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Sivatherinae by Arambourg (1979); and to Giraffidae by Carroll (1988).

Species
L. maurusium
Species lacking formal opinion data
L. maurisium, L. olduvaiense, L. olduvaiense
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Libytherium Pomel
1979Libytherium Arambourg
1988Libytherium Carroll

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderRuminantiaScopoli 1777
subfamilySivatherinaeZittel 1853
genusLibytheriumPomel 1892

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. †Libytherium Pomel 1892
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†Libytherium maurusium Pomel 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (87 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58South Africa L. olduvaiense, L. sp. (22228)
Miocene - Pliocene23.04 - 2.58Uganda Sivatherium maurusium (22411)
Miocene - Pleistocene23.04 - 0.0117South Africa L. olduvaiense (22230)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.63 - 3.6Ethiopia Sivatherium maurusium (22158)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58South Africa (Cape) L. olduvaiense (59167 115166)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tunisia (Bizerte ) L. maurisium (211247)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Sivatherium maurusium (22175 22176)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Sivatherium maurusium (32050)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Tanzania Sivatherium maurusium (21830)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa L. olduvaiense (22340)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Morocco Sivatherium maurusium (32052)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Egypt L. sp. (22592)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa (Langebaanweg) L. olduvaiense (21713)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Egypt (Al Buhayrah) L. sp. (42119)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia (Afar) Sivatherium maurusium (224654)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Ethiopia Sivatherium maurusium (21783 21785)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya Sivatherium maurusium (21459 21480 21484 21485 21530)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Kenya (Rift Valley) Sivatherium maurusium (21309)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Tanzania Sivatherium maurusium (21788 21789 21790 21793 21795 21796 21798 21799 21800 21801 21802 21810 21811 21812 21813 21831 21832)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8Ethiopia (Afar) Sivatherium maurusium (224657)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya (Rift Valley) Sivatherium maurusium (21342 21345 21353)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Tanzania Sivatherium maurusium (21804 21805 21814 22594 22595)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Ethiopia (Afar) Sivatherium maurusium (224655)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Kenya Sivatherium maurusium (21376 21398 21420 21457 21461 21503 21504)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Algeria (Northern Algeria) L. maurisium (197944)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Algeria L. maurisium (224087)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.58 - 0.774Kenya Sivatherium maurusium (21367 21370 21396 21402 21454 21458 21462 21464 21476 21532)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Djibouti Sivatherium maurusium (22482)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Sivatherium maurusium (21825)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa L. olduvaiense (21711)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania (Lake Natron Basin) Sivatherium maurusium (22552 22577)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Sivatherium maurusium (21514 32058)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Sivatherium maurusium (21970 22041 22064 22617 22626 22627)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya (Rift Valley) Sivatherium maurusium (21294 21343)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Africa (Namaqualand) Sivatherium maurusium (51188)