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Samotherium

Mammalia - Giraffidae

Taxonomy
Samotherium was named by Forsyth Major (1888). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Palaeotragini by Kostopoulos (2009); to Palaeotraginae by Mitchell and Skinner (2003) and Harris et al. (2010); and to Giraffidae by Carroll (1988) and Geraads (2017).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Samotherium Forsyth Major
1988Samotherium Carroll
2003Samotherium Mitchell and Skinner p. 58
2009Samotherium Kostopoulos
2010Samotherium Harris et al. p. 805
2017Samotherium Geraads

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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()
Ruminantiamorpha
Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
Pecora()
familyGiraffidae
tribePalaeotragini(Pilgrim 1911)
genusSamotheriumForsyth Major 1888

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. †Samotherium Forsyth Major 1888
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Samotherium africanus Churcher 1970
Samotherium boissieri Forsyth Major 1888
Samotherium major Bohlin 1926
Samotherium neumayri Radler and Weihofer 1890
Samotherium sinense Schlosser 1903
Samotherium tafeli Kilgus 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: grazerg
Reproduction: viviparousf
Comments: grazer based on premaxillary shape (Solounias and Moelleken 1993)g
Created: 2009-01-04 10:47:59
Modified: 2009-01-04 12:47:59
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Solounias and Moelleken 1993, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Serravallian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 13.82000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Ukraine (Cherson) S. sp. (60256)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Kenya (Central Nyanza) S. africanum (21340)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Kenya S. sp. (219711)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova S. boissieri (75802)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Iraq S. boissieri (41735)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (shaanxi) Paleotragus decipiens (42254)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Shanxi) S. sp. (13477)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) S. sp. (195432)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Usak) S. ? sp., S. major (34462)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) S. boissieri (182750)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Denizli) S. major (197642)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria S. sp. (34643)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) S. boissieri (202120)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China S. sp. (195283 195284)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria (Oran) S. sp. (136913)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey S. sp. (56563)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Kazakhstan S. irtyshense (34436)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos) S. boissieri (202215 202216 202218 202219) S. boissieri, S. major (202217)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Gansu) S. sp. (42675)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Turkey S. sp. (151910)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) S. sp. (214079)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) S. boissieri (32189)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) Bohlinia attica (73553)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos Island) S. boissieri (205351 205352)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece S. boissieri (211913)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Tajikistan (Sor) S. sp. (34392)
MN 127.75 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) S. sp. (167995)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece S. boissieri (206460) S. major (95689 95690 95691 206462)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (West-Siberia) S. sp. (44866)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt S. sp. (22592)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Egypt (Al Buhayrah) S. sp. (42119)