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Caenomeryx

Mammalia - Cainotheriidae

Taxonomy

Caenomeryx was named by Hürzeler (1936). It is not extant. Its type is Caenotherium filholi.

It was assigned to Caenotheriidae by Hürzeler (1936); to Cainotheriinae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Blondel (2005), Erfurt and Metais (2007); and to Cainotheriidae by Vianey-Liaud et al. (2014).

Species

C. filholi, C. procommunis

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. communis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1936	Caenomeryx Hürzeler pp. 100-103 figs. p. 92-94
1997	Caenomeryx McKenna and Bell p. 408
2005	Caenomeryx Blondel p. 158
2007	Caenomeryx Erfurt and Metais p. 70
2014	Caenomeryx Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 606

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Eugnathostomata
—	Teleostomi	(Bonaparte 1836)
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
superfamily	Cainotherioidea	Camp and VanDerHoof 1940
family	Cainotheriidae	Cope 1881
subfamily	Cainotheriinae	Camp and VanderHoof 1940
genus	Caenomeryx

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. †Caenomeryx Hürzeler 1936

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†Caenomeryx filholi Lydekker 1885

†Caenomeryx procommunis Filhol 1877

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
J. Hürzeler 1936	Disposition of cusps of maxilla-molars is changing (stage B); toothrow with short diastema infront of upper P4, lower diastema infront of P3 is short or absent; premolars short; upper P2 with a strong, P3 with a weaker inner cusp; P4 very small. Intermaxilla does not meet with frontale; suture of maxillonasalia short; nasalia broad, posterior of intermaxilla abruptly widened. Irregular Ethmoidalgap (Ethmoidallücke); choanas wide; mandible short, high, robust.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialo

Locomotion:

actively mobilep

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, subp = subphylum, p = phylum

References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the MP 22 to the top of the MP 26 or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
MP 22	33.9 - 27.3	France	C. procommunis (203744)
MP 23	33.9 - 27.3	France (Quercy)	C. procommunis (36711) C. procommunis, C. filholi (36709)
MP 24	33.9 - 27.3	France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées)	C. sp. (182658)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	France	C. procommunis (183381)
MP 26	27.3 - 23.04	France (Gard)	C. communis (172927)