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Moeritheriidae
Taxonomy
Moeritheriidae was named by Andrews (1906). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Andrews (1906); to Proboscidea by Abel (1919); to Proboscidea by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Shoshani and Tassy (2005); to Proboscidea by Shoshani and Tassy (1996) and Delmer et al. (2006); and to Moeritherioidea by Carroll (1988) and Sanders et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Andrews (1906); to Proboscidea by Abel (1919); to Proboscidea by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Shoshani and Tassy (2005); to Proboscidea by Shoshani and Tassy (1996) and Delmer et al. (2006); and to Moeritherioidea by Carroll (1988) and Sanders et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1906 | Moeritheriidae Andrews |
| 1919 | Moeritheriidae Abel p. 828 |
| 1988 | Moeritheriidae Carroll |
| 1996 | Moeritheriidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
| 1997 | Moeritheriidae McKenna and Bell p. 498 |
| 2005 | Moeritheriidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2006 | Moeritheriidae Delmer et al. p. 423 |
| 2010 | Moeritheriidae Sanders et al. p. 172 |
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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.
Fm. †Moeritheriidae Andrews 1906
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G. †Moeritherium Andrews 1901
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†Moeritherium chehbeurameuri Delmer et al. 2006
†Moeritherium gracile Andrews 1902
†Moeritherium lyonsi Andrews 1901
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Invalid names: Moeritherium ancestrale Petronievics 1923 [synonym]
†Moeritherium trigonodon Andrews 1904
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Invalid names: Moeritherium andrewsi Schlosser 1911 [synonym]
Invalid names: Moeritherium latidens Deraniyagala 1955 [nomen dubium], Moeritherium pharaonensis Deraniyagala 1955 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (24 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lutetian | Mali | Moeritherium sp. (136910) | |
| Lutetian | India (Kutch) | Moeritheriidae indet. (45590 45592) | |
| Lutetian | Senegal (Thies region) | Moeritherium sp. (36616) | |
| Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya | Moeritherium lyonsi (48077) Moeritherium trigodon (55449) | |
| Bartonian - Priabonian | Algeria | Moeritherium chehbeurameuri (59733) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | Moeritherium lyonsi, Moeritherium gracile (79700) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt (Fayum) | Moeritherium lyonsi (74737 175910 181545 181547 181548 181549 181550 181551 181552 181553 181554 181555 181556 181557) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene | Egypt | Moeritherium sp. (40516) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | Moeritherium lyonsi, Moeritherium gracile, Moeritherium trigonodon (65960) |