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Climacoceras

Mammalia - Climacoceratidae

Taxonomy
Climacoceras was named by MacInnes (1936). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Climacoceridae by Hamilton (1978); to Palaeomerycidae by Carroll (1988); and to Climacoceratidae by Mitchell and Skinner (2003) and Harris et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Climacoceras MacInnes
1978Climacoceras Hamilton p. 168
1988Climacoceras Carroll
2003Climacoceras Mitchell and Skinner p. 57
2010Climacoceras Harris et al. p. 797

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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
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
familyClimacoceratidae()
genusClimacocerasMacInnes 1936

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. †Climacoceras MacInnes 1936
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Climacoceras africanus MacInnes 1936
Climacoceras gentryi Hamilton 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya C. africanus (22069 22070 22071 22078 22081)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Kenya (Nyanza) C. africanus (21339)