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Dacrytheriinae

Mammalia - Anoplotheriidae

Taxonomy
Dacrytheriidae was named by Deperet (1917). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Dacrytheriinae by Hooker (1986), Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al. (2006) and Erfurt and Metais (2007).

It was assigned to Anoplotherioidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Anoplotheriidae by Hooker (1986), Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al. (2006) and Erfurt and Metais (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Dacrytheriidae Deperet p. 114
1986Dacrytheriinae Hooker p. 409
1997Dacrytheriidae McKenna and Bell p. 406
2006Dacrytheriinae Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al.
2007Dacrytheriinae Erfurt and Metais p. 71

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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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
superfamilyAnoplotherioideaBonaparte 1850
familyAnoplotheriidae()
subfamilyDacrytheriinae(Deperet 1917)
subfamilyDacrytheriinae(Deperet 1917)

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.

Subfm. †Dacrytheriinae Deperet 1917
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G. †Catodontherium Deperet 1908
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†Catodontherium buxgovianum Erfurt and Metais 2007
†Catodontherium fallax Stehlin 1910
†Catodontherium paquieri Stehlin 1910
†Catodontherium robiacnse Deperet 1906
Invalid names: Catodus Deperet 1905 [replaced]
G. †Dacrytherium Filhol
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†Dacrytherium cayluxi Filhol 1876
†Dacrytherium elegans Filhol 1884
†Dacrytherium ovinum Owen 1857
†Dacrytherium priscum Stehlin 1910
†Dacrytherium sturnini Stehlin 1910
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 30 kgg
Minimum body mass: 3 kgs
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 06:34:20
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:34:20
Source: s = species, g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Legendre 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Blondel 1996, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 47.80000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Centre Region) Catodontherium argentonicum (31582)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Alsace Region) Dacrytherium elegans, Catodontherium sp., Catodontherium fallax, Catodontherium argentonicum (31609)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Dacrytherium elegans, Dacrytherium priscum, Catodontherium buxgovianum (31723)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dacrytherium elegans, Catodontherium robiacense (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Catodontherium robiacense (31736 183350)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Dacrytherium sp. (39014)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Rhone-Alpes Region) Dacrytherium priscum, Catodontherium fallax, Catodontherium buxgovianum (31741)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Barcelona) Catodontherium sp. (182219)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dacrytherium elegans, Catodontherium paquieri (31634)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) Dacrytherium sp. (40358)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) Dacrytherium elegans, Catodontherium buxgovianum (31721) Dacrytherium elegans, Catodontherium fallax, Catodontherium buxgovianum (31720) Dacrytherium elegans, Dacrytherium priscum, Catodontherium buxgovianum (31718)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland Dacrytherium sp., Dacrytherium elegans, Catodontherium robiacense (31742)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain Dacrytherium ovinum (31750)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Dacrytherium ovinum (31724 31758 31761)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Dacrytherium saturninii (31747)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) Dacrytherium ovinum (31756)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dacrytherium saturninii (12842 12843) Dacrytherium sp. (31745)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Dacrytherium ovinum (31759)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Dacrytherium ovinum (31751)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Catodontherium sp. (40029)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) Dacrytherium ovinum (12850)
MP 1837.2 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Dacrytherium saturninii (12851)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Germany Dacrytherium ovinum (36984)