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Anancus kenyensis

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae

Taxonomy
Anancus kenyensis was named by MacInnes (1942). Its type specimen is M15400, a tooth (left M2/), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. alexeevae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Anancus kenyensis MacInnes
1945Anancus osiris Arambourg
1995Anancus kenyensis Kalb and Frohelich p. 729 figs. Figure 2
2007Anancus kenyensis Sanders p. 7
2007Anancus osiris Sanders p. 7
2009Anancus kenyensis Hautier et al. p. 172

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
familyGomphotheriidaeHay 1922
subfamilyAnancinaeHay 1922
genusAnancusAymard 1855
specieskenyensisMacInnes 1942

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.

†Anancus kenyensis MacInnes 1942
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Invalid names: Anancus osiris Arambourg 1945 [synonym]
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: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Anancus kenyensis (22463)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Anancus kenyensis (22241)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Ethiopia Anancus kenyensis (22139 22158 22159 22162 22163 22165 22179)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (Namaqualand) Anancus kenyensis (51189)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda Anancus kenyensis (22424)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Anancus kenyensis (24181)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Kenya Anancus kenyensis (22274 22307)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Anancus kenyensis (59839)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Tanzania Anancus kenyensis (22042 22060 22063)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Anancus kenyensis (22242)
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588Kenya Anancus kenyensis (22237)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Kenya Anancus kenyensis (232486)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya Anancus kenyensis (22277 22278)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ethiopia Anancus kenyensis (22137 22175)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Anancus kenyensis (22328)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Anancus kenyensis (22235)
Zanclean - Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya Anancus kenyensis (22267)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malawi Anancus kenyensis (22325)