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Anthracotherium chengbiensis

Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae

Taxonomy
Heothema chengbiensis was named by Tang (1978). Its type specimen is IVPP V5093 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IVPP Loc. 74072A, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in China.

It was recombined as Anthracotherium chengbiensis by Ducrocq (1999).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Heothema angnsticalxia Tang
1978Heothema chengbiensis Tang
1983Heothema youngi Zhao
1999Anthracotherium chengbiensis Ducrocq

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Artiodactylamorpha
Artiodactyla()
Whippomorpha
superfamilyHippopotamoideaGray 1821
familyAnthracotheriidaeLeidy 1869
subfamilyAnthracotheriinaeLeidy 1869
genusAnthracotheriumCuvier 1822
specieschengbiensis()

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.

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Invalid names: Heothema angnsticalxia Tang 1978 [synonym], Heothema youngi Zhao 1983 [synonym]
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: Kron and Manning 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.71000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9China (Guangxi) Heothema angnsticalxia (182553) Heothema chengbiensis (176322 182551)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Guangxi) Heothema youngi (176382)