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Moeritherium gracile

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Moeritheriidae

Taxonomy
Moeritherium gracile was named by Andrews (1902). Its type specimen is CGM C.10003, a skull (partial skull (palate)), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Beadnell Section, which is in a Priabonian coastal sandstone in the Qasr el-Sagha Formation of Egypt.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Moeritherium gracile Andrews p. 292
1906Moeritherium gracile Andrews p. 127
1978Moeritherium gracile Tobien
2006Moeritherium gracile Delmer et al. p. 424

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
superfamilyMoeritherioidea
familyMoeritheriidaeAndrews 1906
genusMoeritheriumAndrews 1901
speciesgracile

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.

†Moeritherium gracile Andrews 1902
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Rupelian or 38.00000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Egypt Moeritherium gracile (type locality: 79700)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Egypt (Fayum) Moeritherium gracile (65960)