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Mitilanotherium

Mammalia - Giraffidae

Taxonomy
Mitilanotherium was named by Samson and Radulesco (1966).

It was assigned to Palaeotragini by van der Made and Morales (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Mitilanotherium Samson and Radulesco
1967Macedonitherium Sickenberg
1974Sogdianotherium Sharapov
1988Macedonitherium Carroll
2011Mitilanotherium van der Made and Morales p. 617

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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
tribePalaeotragini(Pilgrim 1911)
genusMitilanotheriumSamson and Radulesco 1966

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. †Mitilanotherium Samson and Radulesco 1966
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Invalid names: Macedonitherium Sickenberg 1967 [synonym], Sogdianotherium Sharapov 1974 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Villanyian to the top of the Gelasian or 3.20000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tajikistan Sogdianotherium kuruksaense (34444)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece (Thessaly) M. martinii (34614)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece (Macedonia) M. martinii (34594)
Villanyian - Pleistocene3.2 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) M. martinii (34593)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Spain (Granada) M. sp. (77773)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Lesvos) M. inexpectatum (183341)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Kozani) M. martinii (34764)