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Arsinoitherium

Osteichthyes - Embrithopoda - Arsinoitheriidae

Taxonomy

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by M. Uhen on 2006-09-15

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Arsinoitherium Beadnell
1906Arsinoitherium Andrews p. 2
1990Arsinoitherium Court p. 170
2009Arsinoitherium Rasmussen and Gutierrez
2021Arsinoitherium Gheerbrant et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
superorderAfrotheria
—Paenungulatomorpha
superorderPaenungulata
—Tethytheria
orderEmbrithopoda
familyArsinoitheriidaeAndrews 1904
genusArsinoitheriumBeadnell 1902

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. †Arsinoitherium Beadnell 1902
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†Arsinoitherium giganteum Sanders et al. 2004
†Arsinoitherium zitelli Beadnell 1902
†Arsinoitherium zitteli Beadnell 1902
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Invalid names: Arsinoitherium andrewsi Lankester 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivoresubc
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-06 20:43:42
Modified: 2005-09-06 22:44:32
Source: subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 41.03000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Oman A. sp. (84510)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.03 - 33.9Libya A. sp. (55449)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Tunisia A. sp. (182490)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3Egypt (Fayum) A. zitteli, A. andrewsi (65960)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Oman (Dhofar) A. andrewsi (179726) Arsinoitherium indet. (192927)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Egypt (Fayum) A. sp. (60127)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Oman (Dhofar) Arsinoitherium indet. (162464 175334)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Saudi Arabia (Al Hijaz) A. zitteli (97221)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Ethiopia A. sp. (71941)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Angola (Cabinda) Arsinoitherium indet. (56682)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kenya (Turkana) A. sp. (174662)