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Oxacroninae

Mammalia - Cainotheriidae

Taxonomy
Oxacroninae was named by Hurzeler (1936). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cainotheriidae by McKenna and Bell (1997), Blondel (2005), Erfurt and Metais (2007), Weppe et al. (2019).

Subtaxa
Oxacron, Paroxacron

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Oxacroninae Hurzeler
1997Oxacroninae McKenna and Bell p. 407
2005Oxacroninae Blondel p. 147
2007Oxacroninae Erfurt and Metais p. 70
2019Oxacroninae Weppe et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyCainotherioideaCamp and VanDerHoof 1940
familyCainotheriidaeCope 1881
subfamilyOxacroninaeHurzeler 1936
subfamilyOxacroninaeHurzeler 1936

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. †Oxacroninae Hurzeler 1936
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G. †Oxacron Filhol
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†Oxacron courtoisi Gervais 1848
†Oxacron quinquedentatus Filhol 1877
G. †Paroxacron Hürzeler 1936
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†Paroxacron bergeri Heissig 1978
†Paroxacron valdense Stehlin 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the MP 19 to the top of the MP 21 or 37.71000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Paroxacron sp. (41652)
MP 1937.71 - 33.9France Paroxacron valdense (203743)
MP 1937.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Paroxacron sp. (12846)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Paroxacron sp. (12848)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Oxacron courtoisi (31747)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Oxacron courtoisi (12843 12852 12854 31764 31765) Paroxacron sp. (31635)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Switzerland Oxacron valdense (31743)
MP 20 - MP 2137.71 - 27.3France (Occitanie) Paroxacron sp. (183382)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Paroxacron sp. (31583)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Belgium Oxacron courtoisi (31748)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Auvergne Region) Paroxacron sp. (31767)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Germany Paroxacron bergeri (36984)
MP 2133.9 - 27.3Czechia Paroxacron sp. (91467)
MP 2133.9 - 27.3France (Quercy) Paroxacron sp. (36708)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France Paroxacron sp., Paroxacron bergeri (203744)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France (Quercy) Paroxacron bergeri (36709)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3France Paroxacron bergeri (59885)