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Umbrotherium azzarolii

Mammalia - Giraffidae

Taxonomy
Umbrotherium azzarolii was named by Hurzeler and Engesser (1976). Its type specimen is IGFI 4615, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baccinello V2, which is in a Turolian terrestrial coal in Italy. It is the type species of Umbrotherium.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
U. azarolii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Umbrotherium azzarolii Hurzeler and Engesser p. 334

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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()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyGiraffidae
genusUmbrotherium
speciesazzarolii

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.

†Umbrotherium azzarolii Hurzeler and Engesser 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available