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Grangeria

Mammalia - Perissodactyla

Taxonomy
Grangeria was named by Zdansky (1930) [Type: The fossil is from China and is (or was) stored in the paleontological institute of the university of Upsala, Sweden.]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Schizotheriinae by Zdansky (1930); to Eomoropinae by Colbert (1935); to Chalicotheriidae by Prothero and Schoch (1989); and to Chalicotherioidea by Coombs (1998).

Species
G. canina

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Grangeria Zdansky
1935Grangeria Colbert p. 11
1989Grangeria Prothero and Schoch p. 533
1998Grangeria Coombs

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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()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ancylopoda()
superfamilyChalicotherioideaGill 1872
genusGrangeriaZdansky 1930

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. †Grangeria Zdansky 1930
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†Grangeria canina Zdansky 1930
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsuperf
Diet: browsersuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:59:14
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:59:14
Source: superf = superfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Coombs 1998, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Sharamurunian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Henan) G. major (41120)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Shandong) G. canina (41123)