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Metamynodontini

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Amynodontidae

Taxonomy
Metamynodontinae was named by Kretzoi (1942). It is not extant.

It was reranked as the tribe Metamynodontini by Wall and Manning (1986) and Averianov et al. (2017).

It was assigned to Amynodontinae by Wall and Manning (1986); and to Amynodontidae by Kretzoi (1942), Prothero and Schoch (1989) and Averianov et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Metamynodontinae Kretzoi
1986Metamynodontini Wall and Manning p. 911
1989Metamynodontinae Prothero and Schoch p. 534
2017Metamynodontini Averianov 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()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyAmynodontidae
tribeMetamynodontini(Kretzoi 1942)
tribeMetamynodontini(Kretzoi 1942)

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.

Tr. †Metamynodontini Kretzoi 1942
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G. †Megalamynodon Wood 1945
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Megalamynodon regalis Wood 1945
G. †Metamynodon Scott and Osborn 1887
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Metamynodon mckinneyi Wilson and Schiebout 1981
Metamynodon planifrons Scott and Osborn 1887
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Invalid names: Metamynodon rex Troxell 1921 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cadurcopsis Kretzoi 1942 [synonym]
G. †Paramynodon Matthew 1829
G. †Sellamynodon Tissier et al. 2018
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Sellamynodon zimborensis Tissier et al. 2018
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:05:00
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:05:00
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Wall 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Guangxi) Paramynodon sp. (190964)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71China (Yunnan) Metamynodon sp. (36668)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Texas) Amynodontidae indet. (16534 16537) Metamynodon mckinneyi (16599 16633)
Uintan46.2 - 39.7USA (Utah) Megalamynodon regalis (16637)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Myanmar Metamynodon birmanicus (41158 41163 41207) Metamynodon birmanicus, Metamynodon cotteri (41331) Metamynodon cotteri (41104 41456) Paramynodon birmanicus (41180 41264 41281 41282 41283 41285 41287 41290 41291 41304 41307 41313 41314 41315 41316 41317 41318 41320 41321 41323)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Texas) Metamynodon sp. (16828 16835)
Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Metamynodon chadronensis (17012)
Early/Lower Chadronian37.2 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Metamynodon planifrons (16906)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Yunnan) Metamynodon sp. (182580)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4Romania Sellamynodon zimborensis (191753)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Mississippi) Metamynodon planifrons (17071)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (Wyoming) Metamynodon sp. (17064)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (South Dakota) Metamynodon planifrons (17141) Metamynodon sp. (17295)
Orellan33.9 - 33.3USA (North Dakota) Metamynodon sp. (17101)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Mississippi) Metamynodon planifrons (163855)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781Myanmar Paramynodon birmanicus (41265)