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Barytherioidea
Taxonomy
Barytherioidea was named by Simpson (1945). It is not extant. It was considered paraphyletic by Gheerbrant et al. (2002).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Carroll (1988), Gheerbrant et al. (2002); and to Proboscidea by Simpson (1945), Sanders et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Proboscidea by Carroll (1988), Gheerbrant et al. (2002); and to Proboscidea by Simpson (1945), Sanders et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by T. Grasso on 2025-02-28
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1910 | Barytheria Gregory p. 466 |
| 1945 | Barytherioidea Simpson |
| 1988 | Barytherioidea Carroll |
| 2002 | Barytherioidea Gheerbrant et al. p. 494 |
| 2010 | Barytherioidea Sanders et al. p. 169 |
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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.
Subor. †Barytherioidea Simpson 1945
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Fm. †Numidotheriidae Shoshani and Tassy 1996
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G. †Numidotherium Jaeger 1986
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†Numidotherium koholense Mahboubi et al. 1986
†Numidotherium savagei Court 1995
Invalid names: Barytheria Andrews [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Ypresian | Morocco | Daouitherium rebouli (71235) | |
| Ypresian | Algeria | Proboscidea indet. (71984) | |
| Ypresian | Mali (Gao) | Numidotheriidae indet. (175262) | |
| Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya | Numidotherium savagei (174667) | |
| Priabonian | Western Sahara | Numidotherium sp. (276344) | |
| Rupelian | Oman (Dhofar) | Barytherioidea indet. (175334) |