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Anthracotherium bellia

Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae

Taxonomy
Heothema bellia was named by Tang (1978). Its type specimen is IVPP V4965 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Northeastern Quelin Village, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Nadu Formation of China. It is the type species of Heothema.

It was recombined as Anthracotherium bellia by Ducrocq (1999).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Heothema bellia Tang
1978Heothema media Tang
1981Heothema nanningensis Zhao
1999Anthracotherium bellia 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
genusAnthracotheriumCuvier 1822
speciesbellia()

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.

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Invalid names: Heothema media Tang 1978 [synonym], Heothema nanningensis Zhao 1981 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available