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Cantabrotherium

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Cantabrotherium was named by Casanova-Cladellas and Santafe-Llopis (1987). Its type is Cantabrotherium truyolsi.

It was assigned to Palaeotheriidae by Prothero and Schoch (1989) and Cuesta (1993).

Species
C. casanovasae, C. truyolsi (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Cantabrotherium Casanova-Cladellas and Santafe-Llopis
1989Cantabrotherium Prothero and Schoch p. 532
1993Cantabrotherium Cuesta

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
genusCantabrotheriumCasanova-Cladellas and Santafe-Llopis 1987

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.

G. †Cantabrotherium Casanova-Cladellas and Santafe-Llopis 1987
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†Cantabrotherium truyolsi Casanovas and Santafe 1987
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 05:07:24
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:24:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1996, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) C. sp. (40358)