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Paroxacron valdense

Mammalia - Cainotheriidae

Taxonomy
Oxacron valdense was named by Stehlin (1906). Its type specimen is NMB Mt. 230, a mandible (sin. with 1 (1/2?), p2-m3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mormont Entreroches, which is in a Priabonian terrestrial horizon in Switzerland. It is the type species of Paroxacron.

It was recombined as Paroxacron valdense by Hürzeler (1936), Blondel (2005), Erfurt and Metais (2007), Weppe et al. (2019).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Oxacron valdense Stehlin
1936Paroxacron valdense Hürzeler pp. 105-106 figs. p. 92,94,106
2005Paroxacron valdense Blondel p. 147
2007Paroxacron valdense Erfurt and Metais p. 70
2019Paroxacron valdense Weppe et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Eugnathostomata
Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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()
superfamilyCainotherioideaCamp and VanDerHoof 1940
familyCainotheriidaeCope 1881
subfamilyOxacroninaeHurzeler 1936
genusParoxacron
speciesvaldense(Stehlin 1906)

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.

Paroxacron valdense Stehlin 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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, Kiessling 2004, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1937.71 - 33.9France Paroxacron valdense (203743)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Switzerland Oxacron valdense (31743)