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Anthracotheriinae

Osteichthyes - Anthracotheriidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Anthracotheriinae Leidy
1886Anthracotherium illyricum Teller
1902Anthracotheriinae Hay p. 651
1910Anthracotherium bumbachense Stehlin
1940Anthracotheriinae Scott p. 442
2005Anthracotheriinae Boisserie et al.
2010Anthracotheriinae Boisserie et al. p. 329
2019Anthracotheriinae Scherler 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
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyAnthracotheriidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyAnthracotheriinaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyAnthracotheriinaeLeidy 1869

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.

Subfm. †Anthracotheriinae Leidy 1869
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G. †Anthracokeryx Pilgrim and Cotter 1916
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†Anthracokeryx birmanicus Pilgrim and Cotter 1916
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Invalid names: Anthracokeryx hospes Pilgrim 1928 [synonym]
†Anthracokeryx litangensis Zong and Chen 1996
†Anthracokeryx naduongensis Ducrocq et al. 2015
†Anthracokeryx sinensis Zdansky 1930
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Invalid names: Anthracokeryx dawsoni Wang 1985 [synonym]
†Anthracokeryx tenuis Pilgrim and Cotter 1916
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Invalid names: Anthracokeryx bambusae Pilgrim 1928 [synonym], Anthracokeryx myaingensis Pilgrim 1928 [synonym], Anthracokeryx ulnifer Pilgrim 1928 [synonym]
G. †Anthracotherium Cuvier 1822
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Invalid names: Heothema media Tang 1978 [synonym], Heothema nanningensis Zhao 1981 [synonym]
†Anthracotherium bugtiense Pilgrim 1907
†Anthracotherium chaimanei Ducrocq 1999
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Invalid names: Heothema angnsticalxia Tang 1978 [synonym], Heothema youngi Zhao 1983 [synonym]
†Anthracotherium crassum Pilgrim and Cotter 1916
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Invalid names: Anthracohyus choeroides Pilgrim and Cotter 1916 [synonym], Anthracokeryx moriturus Pilgrim 1928 [synonym]
†Anthracotherium cuvieri Gaudry 1873
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Invalid names: Anthracokeryx kwangsiensis Qiu 1977 [synonym]
†Anthracotherium magnum Cuvier 1822
†Anthracotherium pangan Pilgrim and Cotter 1916
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Invalid names: Anthracohyus rubricae Pilgrim and Cotter 1916 [synonym], Anthracothema palustre Pilgrim and Cotter 1916 [synonym]
†Anthracotherium sinense Zdansky 1930
†Anthracotherium verhoeveni Von Koenigswald 1967
Invalid names: Anthracohyus Pilgrim and Cotter 1916 [synonym], Anthracotherium alsaticum Cuvier 1822 [nomen dubium], Anthracotherium pygmaeum Lambe 1908 [nomen vanum], Anthracotherium valdense Kowalevski 1876 [nomen dubium]
G. †Heptacodon Marsh 1894
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†Heptacodon curtus Marsh 1894
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Invalid names: Anthracotherium karense Osborn and Wortman 1894 [synonym], Octacodon valens Marsh 1894 [synonym]
†Heptacodon gibbiceps Marsh 1894
†Heptacodon occidentale Osborn and Wortman 1894
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Invalid names: Heptacodon quadratus Scott 1940 [synonym]
†Heptacodon occidentalis Osborn and Wortman 1894
†Heptacodon pellionis Storer 1983
†Heptacodon yeguaensis Holroyd 2002
G. †Nabotherium Sileem et al. 2016
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†Nabotherium aegyptiacum Andrews 1906
G. †Paenanthracotherium Scherler et al. 2019
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†Paenanthracotherium bergeri Scherler et al. 2019
†Paenanthracotherium strategus Forster-Cooper 1913
Invalid names: Elliotherium murphyi Pickford 2016 [nomen nudum]
G. †Prominatherium Teller 1884
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†Prominatherium dalmantinum von Meyer 1854
†Prominatherium dalmatinum von Meyer 1854
Invalid names: Anthracotherium bumbachense Stehlin 1910 [nomen dubium], Anthracotherium illyricum Teller 1886 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:33:14
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:33:14
Source: f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kron and Manning 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Duchesnean to the top of the Langhian or 39.70000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (116 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Shanxi) Anthracokeryx sinensis, Anthracokeryx dawsoni, Anthracotherium sinense (41116)
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Henan) Anthracokeryx sinensis (42163 42164 42526)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71China (Guangdong) Lunania youngi (167230)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Henan) Anthracokeryx sinensis (42165) Anthracotherium sp. (46193)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Heptacodon sp. (16842)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Texas) Heptacodon yeguaensis (37559)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Shandong) Anthracokeryx sinensis (175281)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71China (Henan) Anthracokeryx sp. (177036)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Myanmar Anthracohyus choeroides (41175) Anthracohyus choeroides, Anthracohyus palustris, Anthracokeryx birmanicus, Anthracokeryx hospes, Anthracokeryx tenuis, Anthracokeryx bambusae, Anthracotherium pangan, Anthracohyus rubricae, Anthracotherium crassum (41207) Anthracokeryx birmanicus (41281) Anthracokeryx moriturus (41110 41150 41286) Anthracokeryx sp., Anthracothema rubricae (41318) Anthracokeryx ulnifer (41143 41280) Anthracothema pangan (41158 41264 41310) Anthracothema pangan, Anthracothema rubricae (41307) Anthracothema pangan, Anthracothema rubricae, Anthracokeryx myaingensis (41180) Anthracothema rubricae (41285) Anthracotherium pangan, Anthracokeryx tenuis (41456) Anthracotherium pangan, Anthracotherium crassum, Anthracokeryx birmanicus (41331)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Vietnam (Lang Son) Anthracokeryx naduongensis (176502)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0USA (Utah) Heptacodon sp. (16877)
Duchesnean39.7 - 37.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Heptacodon pellionis (16845 16846)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Thailand Anthracohyus sp., Anthracotheriinae indet. (49083) Anthracotherium chaimanei (13127 49078)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9China (Guangxi) Anthracokeryx sp. (175822) Heothema angnsticalxia (182553) Heothema bellia (176326) Heothema chengbiensis (176322 182551) Heothema media (182552)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Croatia Anthracotherium dalmatinum (189031)
MP 17A - MP 17B37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Anthracotherium indet. (28747)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy (Vicenza) Prominatherium dalmatinum (187519)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.71 - 27.3Egypt (Fayum) Rhagatherium aegyptiacum (65960)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (South Dakota) Heptacodon sp. (16938)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Wyoming) Heptacodon sp. (17045)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9Canada (Saskatchewan) Anthracotherium pygmaeum (16919)
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) Heptacodon occidentalis (16930)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (South Dakota) Anthracotherium curtum (17141) Anthracotherium occidentale (17153) Heptacodon occidentalis (17094)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Colorado) Heptacodon sp. (17082)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Anthracotherium adiposum, Anthracotherium bugtiense (77785)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Loire) Paenanthracotherium bergeri (181634)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Italy (Vicenza) Anthracotherium monsvialense (84793)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France Anthracotherium magnum (69805) Paenanthracotherium bergeri (197232)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Guangxi) Heothema nanningensis (194579) Heothema youngi (176382)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Italy (Liguria) Anthracotherium magnum (189032)
MP 2133.9 - 27.3Czechia Anthracotherium monsvialense (91467)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine ) Anthracotherium monsvialense (183511)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3Germany Anthracotherium sp. (46097)
MP 22 - MP 2433.9 - 27.3France Paenanthracotherium hippoideum (74638)
MP 22 - MP 2433.9 - 27.3Germany Paenanthracotherium hippoideum (197237)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d?Azur) Anthracotherium sp. (73965)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France Paenanthracotherium hippoideum (197236)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France (Quercy) Anthracotherium monsvialense (36709 179147)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3Switzerland (Canton Jura) Paenanthracotherium hippoideum (183545)
MP 2433.9 - 27.3France (Languedoc-Roussillon-Midi-Pyrénées) Anthracotherium sp., Paenanthracotherium bergeri (182658)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Egypt (Fayum) Nabotherium aegyptiacum (12950 12969 175420)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Italy (Veneto) Anthracotherium magnum (91656)
MP 24 - MP 2533.9 - 23.04France Anthracotherium monsvialense (197240)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Italy (Cuneo) Anthracotherium magnum (193759)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Romania Paenanthracotherium bergeri (197234)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Italy Anthracotherium monsvialense (197241)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04France (Alpes-de-Haute Provence) Paenanthracotherium hippoideum (200439)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04France Paenanthracotherium bergeri (197233)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (South Dakota) Anthracotherium karense (17344) Heptacodon gibbiceps, Octacodon valens (185937)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Switzerland (Vaud) Anthracotherium magnum (178501)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Switzerland Anthracotherium monsvialense (65089)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04France Paenanthracotherium bergeri (60281)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) Anthracotherium magnum (182805)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Slovenia (Trbovlje) Anthracotherium illyricum (187586)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Thailand (Surat Thani) Anthracotheriinae indet. (240691)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Italy (Vicenza) Anthracotherium monsvialense (144545)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Bouches-du-Rhone) Paenanthracotherium hippoideum (181656)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Germany (Hesse) Anthracotherium sp. (176870)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Germany (Rhineland-Palatinate) Anthracotherium sp. (176871)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Aix-en-Provence) Paenanthracotherium bergeri (183347)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04China (Guangxi) Anthracokeryx kwangsiensis (176383) Anthracotherium changlingensis (175402)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Pakistan (Baluchistan) Anthracotherium bugtiense (78362) Brachyodus strategus (197242)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Georgia Anthracotherium kwablianicum (182744)
MP 2527.3 - 23.04France (Alpes-de-Haute Provence) Anthracotherium magnum (183364)
MP 2527.3 - 23.04Switzerland Anthracotherium bumbachense (183684)
MP 2527.3 - 23.04France Anthracotherium magnum (184215)
MP 2627.3 - 23.04France Paenanthracotherium hippoideum (197235)
MP 2727.3 - 23.04Switzerland Anthracotherium sp. (184454)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) Paenanthracotherium bergeri (36715)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04France (Lot-et-Garonne) Paenanthracotherium bergeri (181644)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04France Anthracotherium magnum (197238)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04Switzerland Anthracotherium magnum (197239)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04France (Aquitaine) Anthracotherium magnum (37208)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98France (Aude) Anthracotherium hippoideum (117925)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Kazakhstan Anthracotherium sp. (74901)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Pakistan (Sind) Anthracotherium punjabiense (71443 71444 71445)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63India (Jammu and Kashmir) Anthracotherium punjabiense (11797)