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Arsinoitherium giganteum

Mammalia - Embrithopoda - Arsinoitheriidae

Taxonomy
Arsinoitherium giganteum was named by Sanders et al. (2004). Its type specimen is CH69−1, a maxilla, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Chilga, which is in a Chattian fluvial lignite/siltstone in Ethiopia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Arsinoitherium giganteum Sanders et al. pp. 369-372 fig. 3

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderEmbrithopoda
familyArsinoitheriidaeAndrews 1904
genusArsinoitheriumBeadnell 1902
speciesgiganteum

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.

†Arsinoitherium giganteum Sanders et al. 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available