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Umbrotherium

Mammalia - Artiodactyla - Giraffidae

Taxonomy
Umbrotherium was named by Hurzeler and Engesser (1976). Its type is Umbrotherium azzarolii.

It was assigned to Giraffidae by Abbazzi et al. (2008).

Species
U. azzarolii (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
U. azarolii

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Umbrotherium Hurzeler and Engesser p. 432 figs. Fig. 8, Table 3
2008Umbrotherium Abbazzi et al. p. 432

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Triploblastica
—Nephrozoa
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
—Sarcopterygii
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda()
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
—Batrachosauria()
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
—Synapsida()
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Epicynodontia
infraorderEucynodontia
—Probainognathia
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
orderArtiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyGiraffidae
genusUmbrotherium

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available