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Mouillacitherium elegans

Mammalia - Dichobunidae

Taxonomy
Mouillacitherium elegans was named by Filhol (1882). Its type specimen is MNHN Qu 17506, a maxilla (left maxilla with P3-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Mouillacitherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Mouillacitherium elegans Filhol figs. Pl. text3, fig 1-12, Pl. 1 fig 11
2007Mouillacitherium elegans Theodor et al. p. 50

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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()
superfamilyDichobunoideaGill 1872
familyDichobunidaeGill 1872
subfamilyHyperdichobuninae(Gentry and Hooker 1988)
genusMouillacitheriumFilhol 1882
specieselegansFilhol 1882

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.

†Mouillacitherium elegans Filhol 1882
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 300 gs
Minimum body mass: 300 gs
Body mass estimate: 300 g
Environment: terrestrials
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellings
Diet: frugivores
Diet 2: granivores
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Comments: Diet inferred from tooth morphologys
Created: 2005-08-31 07:32:54
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:19:12
Source: s = species, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Legendre 1988, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Mouillacitherium elegans (31736)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland Mouillacitherium elegans (31742)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Mouillacitherium elegans (12840)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) Mouillacitherium elegans (12850)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Switzerland (Solothurn) Mouillacitherium elegans (31746)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Mouillacitherium elegans (12848 12853)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Mouillacitherium elegans (31758)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Mouillacitherium elegans (12849 31740 31745)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) Mouillacitherium elegans (31756)