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Rhagatherium

Mammalia - Choeropotamidae

Taxonomy
Rhagatherium was named by Pictet (1857). It is not extant. Its type is Rhagatherium valdense.

It was assigned to Chalicotheriidae by Cope (1881); to Anthracotheriidae by Andrews (1906); to Haplobunodontidae by Hooker (1986), Carroll (1988) and McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Choeropotamidae by Sudre and Lecomte (2000) and Erfurt and Metais (2007).

Species
R. kowalevskyi, R. valdense (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Rhagatherium Pictet
1881Rhagatherium Cope p. 395
1906Rhagatherium Andrews p. 191
1986Rhagatherium Hooker p. 404
1988Rhagatherium Carroll
1997Rhagatherium McKenna and Bell p. 403
2000Rhagatherium Sudre and Lecomte p. 417
2007Rhagatherium Erfurt and Metais p. 63

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyChoeropotamoidea
familyChoeropotamidaeOwen 1845
genusRhagatheriumPictet 1857

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.

G. †Rhagatherium Pictet 1857
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†Rhagatherium kowalevskyi Stehlin 1908
†Rhagatherium valdense Pictet 1857
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Germany (Sachsen-Anhalt) R. kowalevskyi (13322)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) R. kowalevskyi (31723)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Baselland) R. kowalevskyi (31718 31720)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Switzerland R. valdense (31743)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) R. sp. (41652)