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Anthracotherium crassum

Osteichthyes - Anthracotheriidae

Taxonomy

Anthracotherium crassum was named by Pilgrim and Cotter (1916). Its type specimen is GSA B615, a maxilla (left maxillary fragment with M2-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pakokku District, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siliciclastic in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar.

It was recombined as Anthracothema crassum by Pilgrim (1928).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. adiposum, A. punjabiense

Synonyms

Anthracokeryx moriturus was named by Pilgrim (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pangan 2, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siliciclastic in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar.

It was synonymized subjectively with Anthracotherium crassum by Tsubamoto et al. (2002).
Anthracohyus choeroides was named by Pilgrim and Cotter (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pakokku District, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siliciclastic in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar. It is the type species of Anthracohyus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Anthracotherium crassum by Tsubamoto et al. (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1916	Anthracotherium crassum Pilgrim and Cotter
1916	Anthracohyus choeroides Pilgrim and Cotter p. 52 figs. 1-4
1916	Anthracotherium crassum Pilgrim and Cotter p. 60
1928	Anthracothema crassum Pilgrim p. 16
1928	Anthracokeryx moriturus Pilgrim p. 32
2002	Anthracotherium crassum Tsubamoto et al. p. 375

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
—	Whippomorpha
superfamily	Hippopotamoidea	Gray 1821
family	Anthracotheriidae	Leidy 1869
subfamily	Anthracotheriinae	Leidy 1869
genus	Anthracotherium	Cuvier 1822
species	crassum

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.

†Anthracotherium crassum Pilgrim and Cotter 1916

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Invalid names: Anthracohyus choeroides Pilgrim and Cotter 1916 [synonym], Anthracokeryx moriturus Pilgrim 1928 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellingf

Diet:

browserf

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-31 14:33:14

Modified:

2005-08-31 16:33:14

Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Kron and Manning 1998

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Myanmar	Anthracohyus choeroides (41175) Anthracohyus choeroides, Anthracotherium crassum (type locality: 41207) Anthracokeryx moriturus (41110 41150 41286) Anthracotherium crassum (41331)