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Anancus

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Anancus Aymard
1988Anancus Carroll
1995Anancus Kalb and Frohelich p. 728
1996Anancus Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
1997Anancus McKenna and Bell p. 503
1998Anancus Lambert and Shoshani p. 613
2005Anancus Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2007Anancus Sanders p. 2
2009Anancus Hautier et al. p. 172
2017Anancus Cregut-Bonnoure and Tsoukala

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
subfamilyAnancinaeHay 1922
genusAnancusAymard 1855

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. †Anancus Aymard 1855
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†Anancus arvernensis Croizet and Jobert 1828
†Anancus bensonensis Gidley 1926
†Anancus brazosius Hay 1923
†Anancus capensis Sanders 2007
†Anancus defloccatus Hay 1926
†Anancus kazachstanensis Auberkerova 1974
†Anancus kenyensis MacInnes 1942
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Invalid names: Anancus osiris Arambourg 1945 [synonym]
†Anancus lehmanni Gaziry 1997
†Anancus orarius Hay 1926
†Anancus perimensis Falconer and Cautley 1847
†Anancus petrocchii Coppens 1965
†Anancus sinensis Hopwood 1935
†Anancus sivalensis Cautley 1836
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:21:50
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:21:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (154 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda A. kenyensis (22463)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588South Africa A. sp. (22228 22229)
Middle Miocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene15.97 - 0.781Netherlands A. arvernensis (189573)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya A. kenyensis (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Anancus indet., A. kenyensis (22139) A. kenyensis (22158 22159 22162 22163 22165 22179)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (Namaqualand) A. kenyensis (51189)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333India (Gujarat) A. perimensis (87489)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy (Faenza) A. arvernensis (215240)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attiki) A. sp. (195562)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad A. kenyensis (24181)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda A. kenyensis (22424)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) A. arvernensis (40758)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Bulgaria A. sp. (208566 208567 208568)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad A. kenyensis (59839)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya A. kenyensis (22274 22307) A. sp. (22275 22316)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Bulgaria A. arvernensis (215636)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya A. kenyensis (22242)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania A. kenyensis (22042 22060 22063)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya A. kenyensis (22237)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) A. sp. (59167 115166)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain (Guadix) A. arvernensis (186699)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Dodecannese) A. arvernensis (184242)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya A. kenyensis (232486)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia A. sp. (22135)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Spain (Murcia) A. arvernensis (185681)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Moldova A. arvernensis (198590)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Tanzania A. sp. (22045 22047 22048 22054)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Bulgaria (Yambol) A. arvernensis (184410)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya A. kenyensis (22234 22277 22278)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia A. kenyensis (22175) A. sp. (22133 22160 22176) A. sp., A. kenyensis (22137)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya (Turkana District) A. sp. (21335 21336)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa A. sp. (22222)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Granada) A. arvernensis (35252 35256)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Russian Federation (Stavropol'skaya) Dinotherium sp. (40394)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Italy (Tuscany) A. arvernensis (49335)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Afghanistan A. sp. (43010)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (La Rioja) Mastodon sp. (38892)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Georgia (Karthli) A. arvernensis (40393)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') A. alexeevae (39409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Romania A. arvernensis (39627 39681 39682 39685 39842 40113 40114 40123 40130 41919)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy A. arvernensis (96720 96725 96729 96730 96731 96732 96733)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi (Northern) A. sp. (226065)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Stavropol'skaya) A. arvernensis (40395)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Georgia A. arvernensis (40392)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Greece (Thessaloniki) A. arvernensis (182685 202531)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi A. kenyensis (22328)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kazakhstan A. kazachstanicus (34437)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Slovenia A. arvernensis (40503)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Italy (Lazio) A. arvernensis (49408)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Komaromesztergom) A. arvernensis (35372)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya A. kenyensis (22235)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya A. kenyensis (22267)
Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene5.333 - 0.781Greece (Drama) A. arvernensis (202532)
Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene5.333 - 0.781Greece (Kassandra) A. arvernensis (202529)
Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene5.333 - 0.781Greece (Serres) A. arvernensis (202533)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi A. kenyensis (22325)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Bulgaria A. arvernensis (71061)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Moldova A. arvernensis (50920 50935 50936 50937 50940)
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Ukraine Mastodon arvernensis, A. arvernensis (50943)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Langebaanweg) A. capensis (21713)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco A. sp. (32052)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Greece A. arvernensis (208030)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588India (Jammu) A. sp. (51101)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Greece (Grevena) A. arvernensis (185859 195290 195295 202530)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Florence) A. arvernensis (45480)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy A. arvernensis (71202)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Italy (Pisa) A. arvernensis (37201)
Piacenzian - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Kenya A. sp. (22238)
MN 163.2 - 2.588France A. arvernensis (47099 47100)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Italy (Umbria) A. arvernensis (49407)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Greece (Thessaly) A. arvernensis (205043)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Italy (Tuscany) A. arvernensis (49362 49363 49406)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Fejer) A. arvernensis (35374 35380)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Slovakia A. arvernensis (41025 41026 41027)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary A. arvernensis (35381)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Greece (Thessaly) A. arvernensis, Mammuthus meridionalis (34614)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Romania A. arvernensis (40797)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Italy (Pisa) A. arvernensis (44089)
Villanyian - Pleistocene3.2 - 0.0117Greece (Macedonia) A. sp. (34763)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom A. arvernensis (69541)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Auvergne Region) A. arvernensis (32105)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Haute-Loire) A. arvernensis (47133)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France A. arvernensis (47129)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Auvergne) A. arvernensis (47131 47188) Mastodon arvernensis (47624)
MN 172.588 - 1.806France (Rhone-Alpes) A. arvernensis (47150)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Italy (Lazio) A. arvernensis (49414)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Netherlands A. arvernensis (189574)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Kos) A. arvernensis (207130)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey A. arvernensis (39321)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Greece (Lesvos) A. arvernensis (183341 183343)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Netherlands A. arvernensis (65174)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Texas) A. orarius, A. defloccatus (156789)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Italy A. arvernensis (96728)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Slovakia A. sp. (34583)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain (La Rioja) A. arvenensis (189976)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129United Kingdom (England) A. arvernensis (49989)