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Dacrytherium

Mammalia - Anoplotheriidae

Taxonomy
Dacrytherium was named by Filhol. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dacrytheriidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Dacrytheriinae by Hooker (1986), Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al. (2006), Erfurt and Metais (2007).

Species
D. cayluxi, D. elegans, D. ovinum, D. priscum, D. sturnini
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. saturninii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Dacrytherium Hooker p. 410
1997Dacrytherium McKenna and Bell p. 406
2006Dacrytherium Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al.
2007Dacrytherium Erfurt and Metais p. 72

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
superfamilyAnoplotherioideaBonaparte 1850
familyAnoplotheriidae()
subfamilyDacrytheriinae(Deperet 1917)
genusDacrytheriumFilhol

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. †Dacrytherium Filhol
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†Dacrytherium cayluxi Filhol 1876
†Dacrytherium elegans Filhol 1884
†Dacrytherium ovinum Owen 1857
†Dacrytherium priscum Stehlin 1910
†Dacrytherium sturnini Stehlin 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 3 kgs
Minimum body mass: 3 kgs
Body mass estimate: 3 kg
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 06:34:20
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:34:20
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Legendre 1988, Nowak 1999, Blondel 1996

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 48.07000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Alsace Region) D. elegans (31609)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) D. elegans, D. priscum (31723)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Baselland) D. elegans (31720 31721) D. elegans, D. priscum (31718)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain (Castilla y Leon) D. sp. (40358)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) D. elegans (31634)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Rhone-Alpes Region) D. priscum (31741)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland D. sp., D. elegans (31742)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (39014)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) D. elegans (12840)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) D. ovinum (12850)
MP 1837.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) D. saturninii (12851)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) D. saturninii (12842 12843) D. sp. (31745)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain D. ovinum (31750)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) D. ovinum (31751)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) D. ovinum (31756)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon) D. ovinum (31759)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) D. ovinum (31724 31758 31761)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) D. saturninii (31747)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Germany D. ovinum (36984)