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Cainotheriinae

Osteichthyes - Cainotheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Cainotheriinae Camp and VanderHoof
1997Cainotheriinae McKenna and Bell p. 407
2005Cainotheriinae Blondel p. 150
2007Cainotheriinae Erfurt and Metais p. 70
2019Cainotheriinae Weppe et al.

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

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. †Cainotheriinae Camp and VanderHoof 1940
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G. †Caenomeryx Hürzeler 1936
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†Caenomeryx filholi Lydekker 1885
†Caenomeryx procommunis Filhol 1877
G. †Cainotherium Bravard 1828
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†Cainotherium bavaricum Berger 1959
†Cainotherium commune Bravard 1835
†Cainotherium huerzeleri Heizmann 1983
†Cainotherium laticurvatum Geoffroy 1833
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Invalid names: Caenotherium commune Bravard 1835 [synonym], Caenotherium concinnum Meyer 1843 [synonym], Caenotherium cournonense Blainville 1849 [synonym], Caenotherium elegans Pomel 1847 [synonym], Caenotherium geoffroyi Pomel 1851 [synonym], Caenotherium leptognathum Leizer and Parieu 1838 [synonym], Caenotherium leptorhynchum Pomel 1846 [synonym], Caenotherium medium Blainville 1849 [synonym], Caenotherium metopias Pomel 1851 [synonym], Caenotherium minimum Bravard 1835 [synonym], Caenotherium nouleti Lartet 1851 [synonym]
†Cainotherium lintillae Baudelot and Crouzel 1974
†Cainotherium miocaenicum Crusafont-Pairo 1955
†Cainotherium renggeri Meyer 1837
Invalid names: Caenotherium Agassiz 1846 [objective synonym], Crinotherium Filhol 1882 [synonym]
G. †Plesiomeryx Gervais
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†Plesiomeryx cadurcensis Gervais 1873
†Plesiomeryx huerzeleri Berger 1959
G. †Procaenotherium Hürzeler 1936
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
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, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the MN 6 or 41.03000 to 12.75000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Spain (Aragon) Cainotherium sp. (39017)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Maine-et-Loire) Cainotherium lintillae (148394)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Cainotherium sp. (31744)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Allier) Caenotherium laticurvatum (45585)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Plesiomeryx cadurcensis (31583)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Germany Plesiomeryx cadurcensis (36984)
MP 2133.9 - 27.3France (Quercy) Plesiomeryx cadurcensis (36708)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France Plesiomeryx cadurcensis, Caenomeryx procommunis, Plesiomeryx huerzeleri (203744) Plesiomeryx sp. (183452)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France (Quercy) Plesiomeryx cadurcensis, Caenomeryx procommunis (36711) Plesiomeryx cadurcensis, Caenomeryx procommunis, Plesiomeryx huerzeleri, Caenomeryx filholi (36709)
MP 2433.9 - 27.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Caenomeryx sp. (182658)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3France Plesiomeryx cadurcensis (59885) Plesiomeryx cadurcensis, Caenomeryx procommunis (183381)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) Caenotherium sp. 1, Caenotherium sp. 2 (182805)
MP 2627.3 - 23.04France (Occitanie) Plesiomeryx sp. (183674)
MP 2627.3 - 23.04France (Gard) Plesiomeryx sp., Caenomeryx communis (172927)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Germany Plesiomeryx huerzeleri (59886)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04France (Aquitaine) Cainotherium commune (37208)
MN 123.04 - 22.4Switzerland (Solothurn) Caenotherium sp. (71214)
Agenian23.04 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) Cainotherium gracile (203089)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Cainotherium miocaenicum (136269)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) Cainotherium sp. (200441)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France Caenotherium miocaenicum (200296)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Spain (Valencia) Cainotherium sp. (40031)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Cainotherium lintillae (148399)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Spain (Zaragoza) Caenotherium miocaenicum (40716)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Maine-et-Loire) Cainotherium lintillae (48069)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cainotherium sp., Cainotherium bavaricum (69098)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cainotherium bavaricum (69179)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) Cainotherium bavaricum (68040)
MN 3 - MN 420.0 - 15.98Switzerland (Zürich) Caenotherium sp. (46266)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98France Cainotherium lintillae (142146)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.98Spain (Madrid) Cainotherium miocaenicum (40747)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.82France Cainotherium lintillae (94801)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Centre) Cainotherium miocenicum (69116)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Spain (Catalonia) Caenotherium miocaenicum (176265)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Midi-Pyrénées) Caenotherium sp. (71873)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Germany (Bavaria) Cainotherium bavaricum (28629)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Gers) Cainotherium sp. (69099)
MN 4 - MN 516.9 - 13.82Spain Cainotherium miocenicum (70805)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) Cainotherium miocenicum (31326)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) Cainotherium miocaenicum (180192)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Region Centre) Cainotherium sp. (35441)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Switzerland (Schaffhausen) Cainotherium sp. (46267)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Portugal (Região Centro) Cainotherium miocenicum (136322)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Cainotherium huerzeleri (175727)
MN 515.98 - 13.82France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Cainotherium huerzeleri (32072)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cainotherium bavaricum (48325)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63France (Gers) Cainotherium miocoenicum (143472)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Spain (Madrid) Cainotherium miocaenicum (197673 197674) Cainotherium sp. (197672)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Cainotherium sp., Cainotherium lintillae (142149)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Cainotherium huerzeleri (49521 49522)