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Moeritherium gracile

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae

Taxonomy
Moeritherium gracile was named by Andrews (1902). Its type specimen is CGM C.10003, a skull (partial skull (palate)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beadnell Section, which is in a Priabonian coastal sandstone in the Qasr el-Sagha Formation of Egypt.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Moeritherium gracile Andrews p. 292
1906Moeritherium gracile Andrews p. 127
1978Moeritherium gracile Tobien
2006Moeritherium gracile Delmer et al. p. 424

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
superfamilyMoeritherioidea
familyMoeritheriidaeAndrews 1906
genusMoeritheriumAndrews 1901
speciesgracile

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.

Moeritherium gracile Andrews 1902
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Moeritherium gracile (type locality: 79700)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3Egypt (Fayum) Moeritherium gracile (65960)