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Rytiodus capgrandi

Osteichthyes - Sirenia - Dugongidae

Taxonomy
Rytiodus capgrandi was named by Lartet (1866). Its type specimen is MNHN MBA 1-9, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lot-et-Garonne, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in France.

It was recombined as Halitherium capgrandi by Cope (1883).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. healyi

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Rhytiodus capgrandi Lartet p. 682 figs. Plate XIII, Figs. 2-7
1866Rytiodus capgrandi Lartet p. 682
1872Rhytiodus capgrandi Delfortrie
1883Halitherium capgrandi Cope p. 52
1885Rhytiodus capgrandi Woodward p. 425
1898Rhytiodus capgrandi Trouessart p. 1006
1904Rhytiodus capgrandi Abel p. 215
1904Rhytiodus capgrandi Trouessart p. 750
1987Thelriope capgrandi Pilleri p. 65
1994Rytiodus capgrandi Domning p. 189
1996Rytiodus capgrandi Domning
2011Rytiodus capgrandi Domning p. 1340
2014Rytiodus capgrandi Voss p. 91 figs. Figure 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderSirenia()
familyDugongidae
subfamilyDugonginae
genusRytiodus
speciescapgrandi

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.

†Rytiodus capgrandi Lartet 1866
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Invalid names: Thelriope capgrandi Lartet 1866 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Domning 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Thelriope capgrandi (65069)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France Rytiodus capgrandi (type locality: 65203)