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Embolotherium andrewsi

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Embolotherium andrewsi was named by Osborn (1929). Its type specimen is Amer. Mus. 26001, a partial skull (cranium with maxillary rostrum wanting, dentition damaged), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Urtyn Obo "Middle White" or "Gray" Beds, which is in an Ulangochuian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Ulan Gocho Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Embolotherium andrewsi Osborn p. 13
2008Embolotherium andrewsi Mihlbachler p. 413

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
subfamilyBrontotheriinaeMarsh 1873
—Embolotheriita()
genusEmbolotherium
speciesandrewsi

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.

†Embolotherium andrewsi Osborn 1929
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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: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:53:16
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:53:16
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Mader 1998, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Mongolia (Dornogov) Embolotherium sp. (174716)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Embolotherium andrewsi (174914)
Ulangochuian37.71 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Embolotherium andrewsi (type locality: 73810)