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Molassitherium albigense

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae

Taxonomy
Acerotherium albigense was named by Roman (1912). Its type specimen is Museum Toulouse-Lautrec Albi specimen, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Sauzière Saint-Jean, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in France.

It was recombined as Protaceratherium albigense by von Breuning (1924), Antoine et al. (2010); it was recombined as Molassitherium albigense by Becker et al. (2013).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Acerotherium albigense Roman
1924Protaceratherium albigense von Breuning
1969Diceratherium kuntneri Spillmann
2010Protaceratherium albigense Antoine et al.
2013Molassitherium albigense Becker 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
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyRhinocerotidae
subfamilyRhinocerotinae
genusMolassitherium
speciesalbigense(Roman 1912)

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: Diceratherium kuntneri Spillmann 1969 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:08:31
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the MP 24 to the top of the Chattian or 33.90000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2433.9 - 28.4France (Tarn) Molassitherium albigense (181665)
MP 2433.9 - 28.4France Molassitherium albigense (193751)
MP 2533.9 - 23.03France (Alpes-de-Haute Provence) Molassitherium albigense (183364)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03France Acerotherium albigense (183355)
MP 3028.4 - 23.03France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Molassitherium albigense (179146)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Austria Molassitherium albigense (52083)