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Simatherium

Mammalia - Bovidae

Taxonomy
Simatherium was named by Dietrich (1941). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bovidae by Carroll (1988); and to Bovinae by Gentry (2010).

Species
S. kohllareseni, S. shungurense
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. kohllarseni, S. kohllarseni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Simatherium Dietrich
1988Simatherium Carroll
2010Simatherium Gentry p. 753

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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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
familyBovidae
subfamilyBovinae(Gray 1821)
genusSimatheriumDietrich 1941

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. †Simatherium Dietrich 1941
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†Simatherium kohllareseni Dietrich 1941
†Simatherium shungurense Geraads 1995
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:01:17
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Calabrian or 5.33300 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad S. sp. (24181)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Kenya S. sp. (22234)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) S. kohllarseni (32050)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Kenya S. kohllarseni (22321)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa S. kohllarseni (22355 22356)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uganda S. sp. (22265)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Tanzania S. kohllarseni (21830)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya S. kohllarseni (22235 22239)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Rift Valley) S. kohllarseni (22597 22598 22600 22606 22611)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Kenya S. kohllarseni (21425 21430 21440 21459 21479 21484 21485 21530 21536)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania S. kohllarseni (21790 21797 21799 21801 21802 21810 21818)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Ethiopia (Ethiopian Rift) S. sp. (22492)