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Moeritherioidea

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea

Taxonomy
Moeritherioidea was named by Osborn (1921).

It was reranked as the suborder Moeritherioidea by Simpson (1945).

It was assigned to Proboscidea by Carroll (1988); and to Proboscidea by Osborn (1921), Osborn (1936), Simpson (1945), McKenna (1975), Sanders et al. (2010).

Subtaxa
Moeritheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Moeritherioidea Osborn p. 2
1936Moeritherioidea Osborn p. 24
1945Moeritherioidea Simpson
1975Moeritherioidea McKenna p. 43
1988Moeritherioidea Carroll
2010Moeritherioidea Sanders et al. p. 172

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
superfamilyMoeritherioidea
superfamilyMoeritherioidea

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.

Superfm. †Moeritherioidea Osborn 1921
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Fm. †Moeritheriidae Andrews 1906
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G. †Moeritherium Andrews 1901
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†Moeritherium chehbeurameuri Delmer et al. 2006
†Moeritherium gracile Andrews 1902
†Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews 1901
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Invalid names: Moeritherium ancestrale Petronievics 1923 [synonym]
†Moeritherium trigonodon Andrews 1904
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Invalid names: Moeritherium andrewsi Schlosser 1911 [synonym]
Invalid names: Moeritherium latidens Deraniyagala 1955 [nomen dubium], Moeritherium pharaonensis Deraniyagala 1955 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 48.07000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Kutch) Moeritheriidae indet. (45590 45592)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Mali Moeritherium sp. (136910)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Senegal (Thies region) Moeritherium sp. (36616)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Libya Moeritherium lyonsi (48077) Moeritherium trigodon (55449)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Algeria Moeritherium chehbeurameuri (59733)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Egypt Moeritherium sp. (40516)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt (Fayum) Moeritherium lyonsi (74737 175910 181545 181547 181548 181549 181550 181551 181552 181553 181554 181555 181556 181557)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Moeritherium lyonsi, Moeritherium gracile (79700)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3Egypt (Fayum) Moeritherium lyonsi, Moeritherium gracile, Moeritherium trigonodon (65960)