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Cainotheriidae

Mammalia - Cainotheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Cainotheriidae Cope p. 378
1997Cainotheriidae McKenna and Bell p. 407
2009Cainotheriidae Spaulding et al.
2010Cainotheriidae Becker et al.
2014Cainotheriidae Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 606
2019Cainotheriidae Weppe et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyCainotherioideaCamp and VanDerHoof 1940
familyCainotheriidaeCope 1881
familyCainotheriidaeCope 1881

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. †Cainotheriidae Cope 1881
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Subfm. †Cainotheriinae Camp and VanderHoof 1940
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G. †Caenomeryx Hürzeler 1936
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†Caenomeryx filholi Lydekker 1885
†Caenomeryx procommunis Filhol 1877
G. †Cainotherium Bravard 1828
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†Cainotherium bavaricum Berger 1959
†Cainotherium commune Bravard 1835
†Cainotherium huerzeleri Heizmann 1983
†Cainotherium laticurvatum Geoffroy 1833
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Invalid names: Caenotherium commune Bravard 1835 [synonym], Caenotherium concinnum Meyer 1843 [synonym], Caenotherium cournonense Blainville 1849 [synonym], Caenotherium elegans Pomel 1847 [synonym], Caenotherium geoffroyi Pomel 1851 [synonym], Caenotherium leptognathum Leizer and Parieu 1838 [synonym], Caenotherium leptorhynchum Pomel 1846 [synonym], Caenotherium medium Blainville 1849 [synonym], Caenotherium metopias Pomel 1851 [synonym], Caenotherium minimum Bravard 1835 [synonym], Caenotherium nouleti Lartet 1851 [synonym]
†Cainotherium lintillae Baudelot and Crouzel 1974
†Cainotherium miocaenicum Crusafont-Pairo 1955
†Cainotherium renggeri Meyer 1837
Invalid names: Caenotherium Agassiz 1846 [objective synonym], Crinotherium Filhol 1882 [synonym]
G. †Plesiomeryx Gervais
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†Plesiomeryx cadurcensis Gervais 1873
†Plesiomeryx huerzeleri Berger 1959
G. †Procaenotherium Hürzeler 1936
Subfm. †Oxacroninae Hurzeler 1936
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G. †Oxacron Filhol
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†Oxacron courtoisi Gervais 1848
†Oxacron quinquedentatus Filhol 1877
G. †Paroxacron Hürzeler 1936
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†Paroxacron bergeri Heissig 1978
†Paroxacron valdense Stehlin 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MP 19 to the top of the MN 6 or 37.20000 to 12.75000 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Spain (Aragon) Cainotherium sp. (39017)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Oxacron courtoisi (31747)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Cainotheriidae indet., Oxacron courtoisi (12854) Oxacron courtoisi (12843 12852 31764 31765) Paroxacron sp. (31635)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Switzerland Oxacron valdense (31743)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees region) Paroxacron sp. (12848)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Cainotherium sp. (31744)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Paroxacron sp. (41652)
MP 1937.2 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Paroxacron sp. (12846)
MP 1937.2 - 33.9France Paroxacron valdense (203743)
MP 20 - MP 2137.2 - 28.4France (Occitanie) Paroxacron sp. (183382)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Plesiomeryx cadurcensis, Paroxacron sp. (31583)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Allier) Caenotherium laticurvatum (45585)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Auvergne Region) Paroxacron sp. (31767)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Germany Plesiomeryx cadurcensis, Paroxacron bergeri (36984)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Belgium Oxacron courtoisi (31748)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Czech Republic Paroxacron sp. (91467)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Plesiomeryx cadurcensis, Paroxacron sp. (36708)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France Plesiomeryx cadurcensis, Caenomeryx procommunis, Paroxacron sp., Paroxacron bergeri, Plesiomeryx huerzeleri (203744) Plesiomeryx sp. (183452)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Plesiomeryx cadurcensis, Caenomeryx procommunis (36711) Plesiomeryx cadurcensis, Caenomeryx procommunis, Paroxacron bergeri, Plesiomeryx huerzeleri, Caenomeryx filholi (36709)
MP 2433.9 - 28.4France (Region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur) Cainotheriidae indet. (37518)
MP 2433.9 - 28.4France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Caenomeryx sp. (182658)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1France Plesiomeryx cadurcensis, Caenomeryx procommunis, C. sp. 1 (183381) Plesiomeryx cadurcensis, Paroxacron bergeri (59885)
MP 2628.4 - 23.03France (Occitanie) Plesiomeryx sp. (183674)
MP 2628.4 - 23.03France (Gard) Plesiomeryx sp., Caenomeryx communis (172927)
MP 2828.4 - 23.03Germany Plesiomeryx huerzeleri (59886)
MP 2928.4 - 23.03France (Aquitaine) Cainotherium commune (37208)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) Caenotherium sp. 1, Caenotherium sp. 2 (182805)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Germany (Upper Bavaria) Cainotheriidae indet. (65205)
MN 123.03 - 22.4Switzerland (Solothurn) Caenotherium sp. (71214)
Agenian23.03 - 20.0Switzerland (Fribourg) Cainotherium gracile (203089)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Spain (Castile-La Mancha) Cainotherium miocaenicum (136269)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France Caenotherium miocaenicum (200296)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) Cainotherium sp. (200441)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Cainotherium lintillae (148399)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Maine-et-Loire) Cainotherium lintillae (48069)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain (Zaragoza) Caenotherium miocaenicum (40716)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cainotherium sp., Cainotherium bavaricum (69098)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Spain (Valencia) Cainotherium sp. (40031)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) Cainotherium bavaricum (68040)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cainotherium bavaricum (69179)
MN 3 - MN 420.0 - 15.97Switzerland (Zürich) Caenotherium sp. (46266)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97France Cainotherium lintillae (142146)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Spain (Madrid) Cainotherium miocaenicum (40747)
MN 3 - MN 520.0 - 13.65France Cainotherium lintillae (94801)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Gers) Cainotherium sp. (69099)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Centre) Cainotherium miocenicum (69116)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Germany (Bavaria) Cainotherium bavaricum (28629)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrénées) Caenotherium sp. (71873)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Spain (Catalonia) Caenotherium miocaenicum (176265)
MN 4 - MN 516.9 - 13.65Spain Cainotherium miocenicum (70805)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Aquitaine Region) Cainotherium miocenicum (31326)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Region Centre) Cainotherium sp. (35441)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) Cainotherium miocaenicum (180192)
MN 515.97 - 13.65France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Cainotherium huerzeleri (32072)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Cainotherium huerzeleri (175727)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Portugal (Região Centro) Cainotherium miocenicum (136322)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Schaffhausen) Cainotherium sp. (46267)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cainotherium bavaricum (48325)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France (Gers) Cainotherium miocoenicum (143472)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Spain (Madrid) Cainotherium miocaenicum (197673 197674) Cainotherium sp. (197672)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246France (Maine-et-Loire) Cainotherium sp., Cainotherium lintillae (142149)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Cainotherium huerzeleri (49521 49522)