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Canthumerycinae

Mammalia - Giraffidae

Taxonomy
Canthumerycidae was named by Hamilton (1978).

It was reranked as the subfamily Canthumerycinae by Harris et al. (2010).

It was assigned to Giraffoidea by Hamilton (1978), Anyonge (1991) and Mitchell and Skinner (2003); and to Giraffidae by Harris et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Canthumerycidae Hamilton p. 178
1991Canthumerycidae Anyonge p. 385
2003Canthumerycidae Mitchell and Skinner p. 57
2010Canthumerycinae Harris et al. p. 800

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
familyGiraffidae
subfamilyCanthumerycinae()
subfamilyCanthumerycinae()

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. †Canthumerycinae Hamilton 1978
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G. †Canthumeryx Hamilton 1973
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Canthumeryx sirtensis Hamilton 1973
Invalid names: Zarafa Hamilton 1973 [synonym]
G. †Injanatherium Heintz et al. 1981
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Injanatherium arabicum Morales 1987
Injanatherium hazimi Heintz 1981
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Kenya Canthumeryx sirtensis (70808)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Tanzania Canthumeryx sp. (89015)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia Canthumeryx sirtensis (47069 47074)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Canthumeryx sirtensis (21725 38060 83629)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya Canthumeryx sirtensis (22070)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Tanzania Canthumeryx sp. (89014)