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Dacrytherium ovinum

Mammalia - Anoplotheriidae

Taxonomy
Dichobune ovina was named by Owen (1857). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Dacrytherium ovinum by Hooker (1986) and Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al. (2006).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. saturninii

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Dichobune ovina Owen
1986Dacrytherium ovinum Hooker p. 410
2006Dacrytherium ovinum Cuesta Ruíz-Colmenares et al.

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
suborderTylopoda()
superfamilyAnoplotherioideaBonaparte 1850
familyAnoplotheriidae()
subfamilyDacrytheriinae(Deperet 1917)
genusDacrytheriumFilhol
speciesovinum(Owen 1857)

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.

†Dacrytherium ovinum Owen 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 06:34:20
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:34:20
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Blondel 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.20000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Dacrytherium ovinum (31724 31758 31761)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Dacrytherium ovinum (31759)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) Dacrytherium ovinum (31756)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Dacrytherium ovinum (31751)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Spain Dacrytherium ovinum (31750)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) Dacrytherium ovinum (12850)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Germany Dacrytherium ovinum (36984)