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Anthracotherium crassum

Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae

Taxonomy
Anthracotherium crassum was named by Pilgrim and Cotter (1916). Its type specimen is GSA B615, a maxilla (left maxillary fragment with M2-3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pakokku District, Pondaung Sandstone, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial sandstone/siliciclastic in the Pondaung Formation of Myanmar.

It was recombined as Anthracothema crassum by Pilgrim (1928).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Anthracotherium crassum Pilgrim and Cotter
1916Anthracohyus choeroides Pilgrim and Cotter p. 52 figs. 1-4
1916Anthracotherium crassum Pilgrim and Cotter p. 60
1928Anthracothema crassum Pilgrim p. 16
1928Anthracokeryx moriturus Pilgrim p. 32
2002Anthracotherium crassum Tsubamoto et al. p. 375

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyAnthracotheriidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyAnthracotheriinaeLeidy 1869
genusAnthracotheriumCuvier 1822
speciescrassum

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.

Anthracotherium crassum Pilgrim and Cotter 1916
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Invalid names: Anthracohyus choeroides Pilgrim and Cotter 1916 [synonym], Anthracokeryx moriturus Pilgrim 1928 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available