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Bothriodontinae

Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Bothriodontinae Scott p. 443
2005Bothriodontinae Boisserie et al.
2010Bothriodontinae Boisserie et al. p. 329
2013Bothriodontinae Böhme et al.
2019Bothriodontinae Scherler et al.

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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()
—Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyAnthracotheriidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyBothriodontinae
subfamilyBothriodontinae

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. †Bothriodontinae Scott 1940
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G. †Bakalovia Nikolov and Hessig 1985
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†Bakalovia palaeopontica Nikolov and Hessig 1985
G. †Bothriodon Aymard 1846
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†Bothriodon advena Russell 1978
†Bothriodon chowi Xu 1961
†Bothriodon sandaensis Tsubamoto 2007
†Bothriodon velaunus von Meyer 1832
Invalid names: Ancodus Pomel 1848 [synonym], Hyopotamus Leidy 1857 [synonym]
G. †Bothriogenys Schmidt 1913
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†Bothriogenys andrewsi Schmidt 1913
†Bothriogenys fraasi Schmidt 1913
†Bothriogenys gorringei Andrews and Beadnell 1902
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Invalid names: Ancodus gorringei Andrews and Beadnell 1902 [replaced]
†Bothriogenys hui Chow 1958
†Bothriogenys langsonensis Ducrocq et al. 2015
†Bothriogenys orientalis Ducrocq 1997
†Bothriogenys rugulosus Schmidt 1913
†Bothriogenys vietnamensis Ducrocq et al. 2015
G. †Brachyodus Depéret 1895
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†Brachyodus depereti Fourtau 1918
†Brachyodus hui Chow 1958
†Brachyodus manchharensis Prasad 1964
†Brachyodus moneyi Fourtau 1918
†Brachyodus onoideum Gervais 1859
G. †Elomeryx Marsh 1894
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†Elomeryx armatus Marsh 1894
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Invalid names: Elomeryx brachystylus Troxell 1921 [synonym], Elomeryx mitis Marsh 1894 [synonym], Hyopotamus brachyrhynchus Osborn and Wortman 1894 [synonym]
†Elomeryx asticus Nikolov 1967
†Elomeryx borbonicus Geais 1934
†Elomeryx cluai Deperet 1906
†Elomeryx crispus Gervais 1849
†Elomeryx garbanii Macdonald 1970
†Elomeryx japonicus Matsumoto 1925
Invalid names: Bakalovia orientalis Böhme et al. 2013 [nomen dubium], Bothriodon chyelingensis Xu 1977 [nomen dubium], Bothriodon tientongensis Xu 1977 [nomen dubium], Brachyodus trofimovi de Bonis et al. 1997 [nomen dubium]
G. †Libycosaurus Bonnarelli 1947
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†Libycosaurus algeriensis Ducrocq et al. 2001
†Libycosaurus anisae Black 1972
†Libycosaurus bahri Lihoreau et al. 2014
†Libycosaurus petrocchii Bonnarelli 1947
G. †Merycopotamus Falconer and Cautley 1847
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†Merycopotamus dissimilis Falconer and Cautley 1847
†Merycopotamus medioximus Lihoreau et al. 2004
†Merycopotamus pusillus Lydekker 1885
G. †Octacodon Marsh 1894
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:33:14
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:33:14
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Kron and Manning 1998, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Messinian or 41.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (108 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Yunnan) Bothriodon sp., Hyoboops hui (36668)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene47.8 - 33.9Japan (Hyogo) Bothriodon sandaensis (74903)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Namibia (Sperrgebiet) Bothriogenys gorringei (180197)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Vietnam (Lang Son) Bakalovia orientalis (169420) Bothriogenys vietnamensis, Bothriogenys langsonensis (176502)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Elomeryx crispus (31747)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt (Fayum) Bothriogenys sp. (175910)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria Bakalovia palaeopontica, Elomeryx asticus (103742)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Japan (Fukushima) Bothriogenys hui (180395)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Bothriodon advena (16919)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) Bothriodon sp. (174716 176016)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogobi Aimag) Bothriodon sp. (152082)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Yunnan) Bothriodon chowi (182580)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Thailand Bothriogenys orientale (13127) Bothriogenys orientalis (49083)
Middle Chadronian37.2 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Bothriodon sp. (16928)
Chadronian - Orellan37.2 - 33.3USA (Florida) Bothriodon sp. (18576)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Elomeryx armatus (17111) Elomeryx sp. (17055)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (North Dakota) Bothriodon sp. (17101)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Montana) Elomeryx sp. (17090)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Shanxi) Brachyodus hui (180877)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan Brachyodus japonicus (180396)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Oman (Dhofar) Bothriogenys gorringei (179726)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Libya (Sirt Basin) Bothriogenys sp. (166446)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Egypt Bothriogenys sp. (187873)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Auvergne Region) Bothriodon velaunum (31767)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Czech Republic Elomeryx crispus (91466) Elomeryx woodi (184467)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt Bothriogenys fraasi (108833) Bothriogenys gorringei (88348)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) Ancodon gorringei (65960) Bothriogenys andrewsi, Bothriogenys rugulosus (176343) Bothriogenys fraasi (12954 12960 176344)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03France (Alpes-de-Haute Provence) Elomeryx crispus (183364)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Libya Brachyodus gorringei (154222)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Saudi Arabia (Al Hijaz) Bothriogenys fraasi (97221)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France (Alpes-de-Haute Provence) Elomeryx borbonicus (200439)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Elomeryx sp. (17372)
Whitneyan33.3 - 30.8USA (South Dakota) Elomeryx armatus (185937) Hyopotamus brachyrhynchus (17344)
Whitneyan - Monroecreekian33.3 - 24.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Elomeryx armatus (17306)
Whitneyan - Monroecreekian33.3 - 24.8USA (North Dakota) Elomeryx armatus (17330)
Whitneyan - late Early Arikareean33.3 - 18.5USA (California) Bothriodon brachyrhynchus (17527)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) Elomeryx sp. (17495)
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (South Dakota) Elomeryx garbanii (17660)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) Elomeryx garbanii (17520)
early Early Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) Bothriodontinae indet. (156729)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Greece (Thrace) Elomeryx woodi (208602)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Japan Brachyodus japonicus (183073) Brachyodus sp. (183066)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Pakistan (Baluchistan) Elomeryx borbonicus (179812)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Georgia Elomeryx borbonicus, Bothriodon velaunus, Bothriodon sp., Hyoboops sp. (182744)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kenya (Turkana) Brachyodus sp. (174662)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Elomeryx crispus (182687)
MP 2728.4 - 23.03Switzerland Elomeryx borbonicus (184454)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8Canada (Saskatchewan) Elomeryx sp. (17526)
MN 123.03 - 22.4Switzerland Elomeryx borbonicus (184456)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Kenya (Rift Valley) Brachyodus sp. (174664)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Austria Elomeryx borbonicus (76129)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Namibia (Karas) Brachyodus depereti (168036)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Brachyodus manchharensis (87485)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Egypt Brachyodus africanus (123296)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Greece (Pieria) Elomeryx sp. (208601)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Libya Brachyodus sp. (13065)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Namibia Brachyodus indet. (70420)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Kazakhstan Brachyodus sp. (39881)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333India Brachyodus manchharensis (87724)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Maine-et-Loire) Brachyodus intermedius (48069)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Brachyodus onoideus (65161 65181)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya (Northern Frontier District) Brachyodus sp. (122454)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Portugal (Lisbon) Brachyodus onoideus (36617 36626 36628 36631 36633)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Brachyodus onoideus (148399)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Elomeryx borbonicus (49102)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246France Brachyodus onoideus, Brachyodus intermedius (187579)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Switzerland Brachyodus onoideus (184459)
MN 3 - MN 420.0 - 15.97Greece (Euboea) Brachyodus onoideus (202961)
MN 3 - MN 420.0 - 15.97Switzerland (Zürich) Elomeryx borbonicus (46266)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97France Brachyodus intermedius (142146)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.65France Brachyodus intermedius (191829)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Centre) Brachyodus onoideus (69116)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Egypt Brachyodus africanus, Brachyodus moneyi (53970)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Pakistan (Sind) Brachyodus sp. (71444)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Brachyodus intermedius (90354) Brachyodus onoideus (148395)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Region Centre) Brachyodus onoideus (35441)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Brachyodus onoideus, Brachyodus intermedius (142149)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Tunisia (Gafsa) Merycopotamus anisae (35277 35279)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan (Punjab) Merycopotamus dissimilis (13473 13474) Merycopotamus medioximus (230458)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Tunisia Merycopotamus dissimilus (35274)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Thailand (Nakhon Ratchasima) Merycopotamus thachangensis (144187)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Thailand (Nakorn Ratchasima) Merycopotamus medioximus (67172)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Uganda Libycosaurus anisae (22359 22360 22447)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Chad Libycosaurus bahri (230315)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Libycosaurus petrocchii (59839)