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Moeritherium chehbeurameuri

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae

Taxonomy
Moeritherium chehbeurameuri was named by Delmer et al. (2006) [UON = Earth Sciences Institute, Oran University, Oran, Algeria]. Its type specimen is UON 84-377, a tooth (left upper M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bir El Ater, which is in a Bartonian/Priabonian deltaic sandstone in Algeria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Moeritherium chehbeurameuri Delmer et al. p. 424 figs. Plates 1-2; Figures 4A, 5A
2010Moeritherium chehbeurameuri Sanders et al. p. 174

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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
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
superfamilyMoeritherioidea
familyMoeritheriidaeAndrews 1906
genusMoeritheriumAndrews 1901
specieschehbeurameuri

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.

†Moeritherium chehbeurameuri Delmer et al. 2006
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Priabonian or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Algeria Moeritherium chehbeurameuri (type locality: 59733)