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Geniokeryx thailandicus

Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae

Taxonomy
Anthracokeryx thailandicus was named by Ducrocq (1999). Its type specimen is DMR TF 2638, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Wai Lek pit, which is in an Eocene terrestrial lignite in the Krabi Basin B2 Formation of Thailand. It is the type species of Geniokeryx.

It was recombined as Anthracotherium thailandicus by Tsubamoto et al. (2002); it was recombined as Geniokeryx thailandicus by Ducrocq (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Anthracokeryx thailandicus Ducrocq
1999Anthracokeryx thailandicus Ducroq
2002Anthracotherium thailandicus Tsubamoto et al. p. 375
2015Anthracokeryx thailandicus Ducrocq et al.
2020Geniokeryx thailandicus 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
subfamilyMicrobunodontinaeLihoreau and Ducrocq 2007
genusGeniokeryx
speciesthailandicus()

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.

†Geniokeryx thailandicus Ducrocq 1999
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kron and Manning 1998, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Thailand Anthracokeryx thailandicus, Geniokeryx thailandicus (type locality: 49078) Geniokeryx thailandicus (13127 49083)