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Metaxytherium aquitaniae

Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Metaxytherium aquitaniae was named by Pilleri (1987). Its type specimen is NHMB 09.917/1926, a partial skull (skull cap and cast of the dorsal endocranium), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gans, which is in an Aquitanian marine horizon in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. subappeninum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Metaxytherium aquitaniae Pilleri p. 41 figs. Platex XXII-XXIV
1996Metaxytherium aquitaniae Domning p. 385

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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
—Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyHalitheriinae()
genusMetaxytherium
speciesaquitaniae

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.

†Metaxytherium aquitaniae Pilleri 1987
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: aquaticf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-06-08 12:11:09
Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Domning 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Metaxytherium aquitaniae (type locality: 65069)