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Dacrytherium elegans

Mammalia - Anoplotheriidae

Taxonomy

Dacrytherium elegans was named by Filhol (1884).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. saturninii

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1884	Dacrytherium elegans Filhol
1986	Dacrytherium elegans Hooker p. 410
2007	Dacrytherium elegans Erfurt and Metais p. 72

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Laurasiatheria
—	Scrotifera
—	Euungulata
—	Artiodactylamorpha
—	Artiodactyla	()
suborder	Tylopoda	()
superfamily	Anoplotherioidea	Bonaparte 1850
family	Anoplotheriidae	()
subfamily	Dacrytheriinae	(Deperet 1917)
genus	Dacrytherium	Filhol
species	elegans	Filhol 1884

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.

†Dacrytherium elegans Filhol 1884

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Maximum body mass:

3 kgs

Minimum body mass:

3 kgs

Body mass estimate:

3 kg

Environment:

terrestrials

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

Life habit:

ground dwellings

Diet:

folivores

Diet 2:

frugivores

Reproduction:

viviparoussubc

Created:

2005-08-31 08:10:16

Modified:

2005-09-01 08:06:41

Source: s = species, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Legendre 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	France (Alsace Region)	Dacrytherium elegans (31609)
Lutetian - Bartonian	48.07 - 37.71	Switzerland (Baselland)	Dacrytherium elegans (31723)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Midi-Pyrenees Region)	Dacrytherium elegans (31634)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Switzerland (Baselland)	Dacrytherium elegans (31718 31720 31721)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	United Kingdom (England)	Dacrytherium sp. (39014)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Switzerland	Dacrytherium elegans (31742)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region)	Dacrytherium elegans (12840)