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Metatelmatherium
Taxonomy
Metatelmatherium was named by Granger and Gregory (1938).
It was assigned to Metatelmatheriinae by Granger and Gregory (1943); to Brontotheridae by Carroll (1988); to Telmatheriinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); to Telmatheriina by Mihlbachler (2008); and to Brontotheriidae by Mader (2008).
It was assigned to Metatelmatheriinae by Granger and Gregory (1943); to Brontotheridae by Carroll (1988); to Telmatheriinae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); to Telmatheriina by Mihlbachler (2008); and to Brontotheriidae by Mader (2008).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1925 | Metatelmatherium lahirii Pilgrim |
| 1938 | Metatelmatherium Granger and Gregory pp. 435-436 fig. none |
| 1943 | Metatelmatherium Granger and Gregory |
| 1943 | Metatelmatherium parvum Granger and Gregory p. 356 |
| 1988 | Metatelmatherium Carroll |
| 1989 | Metatelmatherium Prothero and Schoch p. 536 |
| 2008 | Metatelmatherium Mader p. 74 |
| 2008 | Metatelmatherium Mihlbachler p. 413 |
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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. †Metatelmatherium Granger and Gregory 1938
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†Metatelmatherium cristatum Granger and Gregory 1938
†Metatelmatherium ultimum Osborn 1908
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Invalid names: Manteoceras uintensis Douglass 1909 [synonym]
Invalid names: Metatelmatherium lahirii Pilgrim 1925 [nomen dubium], Metatelmatherium parvum Granger and Gregory 1943 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| B. J. Mader 2008 | Large-sized (length P2 to M3 is approximately 200–211 mm) brontothere in which the zygo-
matic arch typically exhibits a prominent flange on the ventral surface of the jugal near to where it borders on the squamosal; and in which the lateral nasal incision is shifted forward so as to lie over the upper diastema or P1. |
Measurements
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Mader 1998, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||