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Metaxytherium serresii
Taxonomy
Halitherium serresii was named by Gervais (1847). Its type specimen is none designated and is a 3D body fossil.
It was corrected as Halitherium serresi by Scott (1873); it was recombined as Felsinotherium serresii by de Zigno (1878) and Depéret (1914); it was recombined as Metaxytherium serresi by Abel (1904), Zittel (1925) and Fondi and Pacini (1974); it was recombined as Metaxytherium serresii by Trouessart (1898), Pilleri (1988), Domning (1994), Domning (1996) and Voss (2014).
It was corrected as Halitherium serresi by Scott (1873); it was recombined as Felsinotherium serresii by de Zigno (1878) and Depéret (1914); it was recombined as Metaxytherium serresi by Abel (1904), Zittel (1925) and Fondi and Pacini (1974); it was recombined as Metaxytherium serresii by Trouessart (1898), Pilleri (1988), Domning (1994), Domning (1996) and Voss (2014).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1847 | Halitherium serresii Gervais p. 221 |
| 1853 | Halitherium serresi Bronn p. 788 |
| 1873 | Halitherium serresi Scott p. 55 |
| 1878 | Felsinotherium serresii de Zigno p. 221 |
| 1883 | Halitherium minor Cope p. 52 |
| 1885 | Halitherium serresii Woodward p. 425 |
| 1895 | Metaxytherium serresi Deperet p. 409 |
| 1898 | Metaxytherium serresii Trouessart p. 1005 |
| 1904 | Metaxytherium serresi Abel p. 14 |
| 1914 | Felsinotherium serresii Depéret p. 1858 |
| 1925 | Metaxytherium serresi Zittel p. 265 |
| 1974 | Metaxytherium serresi Fondi and Pacini p. 45 |
| 1988 | Metaxytherium serresii Pilleri p. 111 |
| 1994 | Metaxytherium serresii Domning p. 189 |
| 1996 | Metaxytherium serresii Domning p. 387 |
| 2014 | Metaxytherium serresii Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3 |
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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 serresii Gervais 1847
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Invalid names: Halitherium minor Cope 1883 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Domning 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Zanclean or 20.44000 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (26 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian | Switzerland | Metaxytherium serresii (65082) | |
| Tortonian | Italy | Metaxytherium serresii (80394 80395 80396 80397 80398 80399) | |
| Tortonian - Messinian | Libya | Metaxytherium sp. (52642 52643) | |
| Messinian | Libya | Metaxytherium serresii (28309 52581 96980 96982 96983 96984 96985 96986 96987 96988 96990 96992) Metaxytherium sp. (52641) | |
| Messinian | Italy | Metaxytherium serresii (234347) | |
| Zanclean | France | Felsinotherium serresii (56693) | |
| Pliocene | France | Metaxytherium serresii (65091) | |
| Pliocene | Morocco | Felsinotherium serresii (65175) |