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Anancinae

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Anancinae was named by Hay (1922). Its type is Anancus.

It was assigned to Gomphotheriidae by Cabrera (1929), Zurita et al. (2004), Sanders (2007), Hautier et al. (2009) and Cregut-Bonnoure and Tsoukala (2017).

Subtaxa
Anancus (type genus)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Anancinae Hay
1923Brevirostrinae Osborn
1929Anancinae Cabrera
2004Anancinae Zurita et al.
2007Anancinae Sanders p. 2
2009Anancinae Hautier et al. p. 172
2017Anancinae Cregut-Bonnoure and Tsoukala

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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
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
subfamilyAnancinaeHay 1922
subfamilyAnancinaeHay 1922

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. †Anancinae Hay 1922
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G. †Anancus Aymard 1855
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†Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
†Anancus bensonensis Gidley 1926
†Anancus brazosius Hay 1923
†Anancus capensis Sanders 2007
†Anancus defloccatus Hay 1926
†Anancus kazachstanensis Auberkerova 1974
†Anancus kenyensis MacInnes 1942
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Invalid names: Anancus osiris Arambourg 1945 [synonym]
†Anancus lehmanni Gaziry 1997
†Anancus orarius Hay 1926
†Anancus perimensis Falconer and Cautley 1847
†Anancus petrocchii Coppens 1965
†Anancus sinensis Hopwood 1935
†Anancus sivalensis Cautley 1836
Invalid names: Brevirostrinae Osborn 1923 [synonym]
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 15:21:50
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:21:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lambert and Shoshani 1998

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (156 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa Anancus sp. (22228 22229)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Anancus kenyensis (22463)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene15.97 - 0.781Netherlands Anancus arvernensis (189573)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Anancus kenyensis (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Anancus indet., Anancus kenyensis (22139) Anancus kenyensis (22158 22159 22162 22163 22165 22179)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Kenya Anancinae indet. (22236)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy (Faenza) Anancus arvernensis (215240)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (Namaqualand) Anancus kenyensis (51189)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attiki) Anancus sp. (195562)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Gujarat) Anancus perimensis (87489)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Anancus kenyensis (24181)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda Anancus kenyensis (22424)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Bulgaria Anancus sp. (208566 208567 208568)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) Anancus arvernensis (40758)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bulgaria Anancus arvernensis (215636)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Anancus kenyensis (22274 22307) Anancus sp. (22275 22316)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Anancus kenyensis (59839)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Anancus kenyensis (22242)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania Anancus kenyensis (22042 22060 22063)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya Anancus kenyensis (22237)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) Anancus sp. (59167 115166)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Dodecannese) Anancus arvernensis (184242)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya Anancus kenyensis (232486)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain (Guadix) Anancus arvernensis (186699)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Bulgaria (Yambol) Anancus arvernensis (184410)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain (Murcia) Anancus arvernensis (185681)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania Anancus sp. (22045 22047 22048 22054)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Anancus sp. (22135)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Moldova Anancus arvernensis (198590)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Anancus sp. (22222)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Anancus kenyensis (22234 22277 22278)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) Anancus sp. (21335 21336)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Anancus kenyensis (22175) Anancus sp. (22133 22160 22176) Anancus sp., Anancus kenyensis (22137)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Italy (Tuscany) Anancus arvernensis (49335)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Afghanistan Anancus sp. (43010)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Russian Federation (Stavropol'skaya) Dinotherium sp. (40394)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Granada) Anancus arvernensis (35252 35256)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania Anancus arvernensis (39627 39681 39682 39685 39842 40113 40114 40123 40130 41919)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (La Rioja) Mastodon sp. (38892)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Anancus kenyensis (22328)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Greece (Thessaloniki) Anancus arvernensis (182685 202531)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Georgia Anancus arvernensis (40392)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi (Northern) Anancus sp. (226065)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Stavropol'skaya) Anancus arvernensis (40395)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Slovenia Anancus arvernensis (40503)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Georgia (Karthli) Anancus arvernensis (40393)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kazakhstan Anancus kazachstanicus (34437)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Anancus alexeevae (39409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy Anancus arvernensis (96720 96725 96729 96730 96731 96732 96733)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Italy (Lazio) Anancus arvernensis (49408)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Komaromesztergom) Anancus arvernensis (35372)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Anancus kenyensis (22235)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Anancus kenyensis (22267)
Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene5.333 - 0.781Greece (Kassandra) Anancus arvernensis (202529)
Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene5.333 - 0.781Greece (Drama) Anancus arvernensis (202532)
Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene5.333 - 0.781Greece (Serres) Anancus arvernensis (202533)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Anancus kenyensis (22325)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Bulgaria Anancus arvernensis (71061)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Moldova Anancus arvernensis (50920 50935 50936 50937 50940)
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Ukraine Mastodon arvernensis, Anancus arvernensis (50943)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Greece Anancus arvernensis (208030)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Jammu) Anancus sp. (51101)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco Anancus sp. (32052)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Greece (Grevena) Anancus arvernensis (185859 195290 195295 202530)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) Anancus capensis (21713)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy Anancus arvernensis (71202)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Florence) Anancus arvernensis (45480)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Italy (Pisa) Anancus arvernensis (37201)
Piacenzian - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Kenya Anancus sp. (22238)
MN 163.2 - 2.588France Anancus arvernensis (47099 47100)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Italy (Umbria) Anancus arvernensis (49407)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Greece (Thessaly) Anancus arvernensis (205043)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Italy (Tuscany) Anancus arvernensis (49362 49363 49406)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Italy (Pisa) Anancus arvernensis (44089)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary Anancus arvernensis (35381)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Romania Anancus arvernensis (40797)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece (Thessaly) Anancus arvernensis, Mammuthus meridionalis (34614)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Slovakia Anancus arvernensis (41025 41026 41027)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Fejer) Anancus arvernensis (35374 35380)
Villanyian - Pleistocene3.2 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) Anancus sp. (34763)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom Anancus arvernensis (69541)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Auvergne Region) Anancus arvernensis (32105)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Italy (Lazio) Anancus arvernensis (49414)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France Anancus arvernensis (47129)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Haute-Loire) Anancus arvernensis (47133)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Auvergne) Anancus arvernensis (47131 47188) Mastodon arvernensis (47624)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Rhone-Alpes) Anancus arvernensis (47150)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Lesvos) Anancus arvernensis (183341 183343)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands Anancus arvernensis (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Kos) Anancus arvernensis (207130)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey Anancus arvernensis (39321)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Anancus orarius, Anancus defloccatus (156789)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Netherlands Anancus arvernensis (65174)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy Anancus arvernensis (96728)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Slovakia Anancus sp. (34583)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) Anancus arvernensis (49989)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (La Rioja) Anancus arvenensis (189976)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina (Buenos Aires) Anancinae indet. (71316)