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Barytheriidae
Taxonomy
Barytheriidae is a family. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Ungulata by Andrews (1906); to Proboscidea by Abel (1919); to Proboscidea by Shoshani and Tassy (1996); to Proboscidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Plesielephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); and to Barytherioidea by Carroll (1988) and Sanders et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Ungulata by Andrews (1906); to Proboscidea by Abel (1919); to Proboscidea by Shoshani and Tassy (1996); to Proboscidea by McKenna and Bell (1997); to Plesielephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (2005); and to Barytherioidea by Carroll (1988) and Sanders et al. (2010).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1906 | Barytheriidae Andrews p. 172 |
| 1919 | Barytheriidae Abel p. 829 |
| 1988 | Barytheriidae Carroll |
| 1996 | Barytheriidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 352 |
| 1997 | Barytheriidae McKenna and Bell p. 498 |
| 2005 | Barytheriidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2 |
| 2010 | Barytheriidae Sanders et al. p. 171 |
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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.
Fm. †Barytheriidae
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 41.30000 to 28.40000 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bartonian | Western Sahara | Proboscidea indet. (175734) | |
| Bartonian | Libya | Barytherium sp. (49942) | |
| Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene | Libya | Barytherium grave (48077) Barytherium sp. (55449) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt (Fayum) | Barytherium grave (175910) | |
| Priabonian | Egypt | Barytherium grave (79700) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Oman (Dhofar) | Omanitherium dhofarensis (179726) Omanitherium indet. (192926 192927) Omanitherium sp. (192924) | |
| Rupelian | Egypt (Fayum) | Barytherium grave (65960) |