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Barytheriidae (barythere)

Osteichthyes - Proboscidea - 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 Barytherioidea by Simpson (1945), Carroll (1988), Sanders et al. (2010); and to Plesielephantiformes by Shoshani and Tassy (2005), Larramendi and Ferretti (2026).

Subtaxa
Barytherium, Omanitherium
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by T. Grasso on 2025-11-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Barytheriidae Andrews p. 172
1919Barytheriidae Abel p. 829
1945Barytheriidae Simpson
1988Barytheriidae Carroll
1996Barytheriidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
1997Barytheriidae McKenna and Bell p. 498
2005Barytheriidae Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2010Barytheriidae Sanders et al. p. 171
2026Barytheriidae Larramendi and Ferretti p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
—PlesielephantiformesShoshani 2001
familyBarytheriidae
familyBarytheriidae

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 [barythere]
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G. †Barytherium Andrews 1901
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†Barytherium grave Andrews 1901
G. †Omanitherium Seiffert et al. 2012
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†Omanitherium dhofarensis Seiffert et al. 2012
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 13:32:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 15:32:09
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 41.03000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Western Sahara Proboscidea indet. (175734)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Libya Barytherium sp. (49942)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Libya Barytherium grave (48077) Barytherium sp. (55449)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt Barytherium grave (79700)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt (Fayum) Barytherium grave (175910)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3Egypt (Fayum) Barytherium grave (65960)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Oman (Dhofar) Omanitherium dhofarensis (179726) Omanitherium indet. (192926 192927) Omanitherium sp. (192924)