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Saghatherium

Mammalia - Hyracoidea - Pliohyracidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Saghatherium Andrews and Beadnell p. 5
1906Saghatherium Andrews p. 84
1926Saghatherium Matsumoto
1988Saghatherium Carroll
1988Saghatherium Rasmussen and Simons p. 75
1989Saghatherium Prothero and Schoch p. 531
1993Saghatherium Court and Mahboubi p. 892
2010Saghatherium Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 131

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
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
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Paenungulatomorpha
PaenungulataSimpson 1945
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyPliohyracidae
subfamilySaghatheriinae()
genusSaghatheriumAndrews and Beadnell 1902

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. †Saghatherium Andrews and Beadnell 1902
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Saghatherium annectens Matsumoto 1926
Saghatherium antiquum Andrews and Beadnell 1902
Saghatherium bowni Rasmussen and Simons 1991
Saghatherium euryodon Matsumoto 1926
Saghatherium humarum Rasmussen and Simons 1988
Saghatherium macrodon Matsumoto 1926
Saghatherium magnum Andrews 1904
Saghatherium majus Andrews 1906
Saghatherium minus Andrews and Beadnell 1902
Saghatherium sobrina Matsumoto 1926
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:57:48
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:57:48
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) S. bowni (175334)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Libya S. sp. (180110)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) S. bowni (60127) S. humarum (12950) S. magnum, S. antiquum, S. minus, S. majus (65960)