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Numidotherium

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Numidotheriidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Numidotherium Jaeger
1996Numidotherium Gheerbrant et al. p. 69
1996Numidotherium Shoshani and Tassy p. 352
1997Numidotherium McKenna and Bell p. 498
2002Numidotherium Gheerbrant et al. p. 504
2005Numidotherium Shoshani and Tassy p. 9 figs. Table 2
2010Numidotherium Sanders et al. p. 169

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
suborderBarytherioideaAndrews 1906
familyNumidotheriidae
genusNumidotheriumJaeger 1986

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. †Numidotherium Jaeger 1986
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Numidotherium koholense Mahboubi et al. 1986
Numidotherium savagei Court 1995
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, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Algeria Proboscidea indet. (71984)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Libya N. savagei (174667)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Western Sahara N. sp. (96686)