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Anthracokeryx birmanicus

Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae

Taxonomy
Anthracokeryx birmanicus was named by Pilgrim and Cotter (1916). Its type specimen is GSI B621, a maxilla (right maxillary fragment with P3-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pakokku District, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siliciclastic in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar. It is the type species of Anthracokeryx.

It was recombined as Anthracotherium birmanicum by Tsubamoto et al. (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Anthracokeryx birmanicus Pilgrim and Cotter p. 61
1928Anthracokeryx hospes Pilgrim p. 29
2002Anthracotherium birmanicum Tsubamoto et al. p. 376
2015Anthracokeryx birmanicus Ducrocq et al.
2019Anthracokeryx birmanicus Scherler et al. p. 490
2020Anthracokeryx birmanicus Ducrocq

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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
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyAnthracotheriidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyAnthracotheriinaeLeidy 1869
genusAnthracokeryxPilgrim and Cotter 1916
speciesbirmanicusPilgrim and Cotter 1916

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.

Anthracokeryx birmanicus Pilgrim and Cotter 1916
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Invalid names: Anthracokeryx hospes Pilgrim 1928 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available