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Helladotherium

Mammalia - Giraffidae

Taxonomy
Helladotherium was named by Gaudry (1860). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Sivatheriini by Kostopoulos (2009); to Sivatheriinae by Kahn et al. (2010); and to Giraffidae by Carroll (1988), Theodorou et al. (2003), Kostopoulos (2016).

Species
H. duvernoyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Helladotherium Gaudry
1988Helladotherium Carroll
2003Helladotherium Theodorou et al.
2009Helladotherium Kostopoulos
2010Helladotherium Kahn et al. p. 122
2016Helladotherium Kostopoulos

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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()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
—Pecora()
superfamilyGiraffomorpha
familyGiraffidae
genusHelladotheriumGaudry 1860

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. †Helladotherium Gaudry 1860
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†Helladotherium duvernoyi Gaudry and Lartet 1856
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparousf
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-09-22 12:03:58
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Vallesian to the top of the Messinian or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) H. duvernoyi (201497)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Ukraine (Odessa) H. duvernoyi (75796)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Moldova H. duvernoyi (75803) H. sp., H. duvernoyi (75802)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece (Sithonia) H. duvernoyi (202729)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Tunisia H. duveroyi (35274)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy (Cuneo) H. sp. (175903)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) H. duvernoyi (182745 182750) H. sp. (202222)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Bulgaria (Blagoevgrad) H. duvernoyi (197445)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Turkey (Mugla) H. sp. (13998)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attica) H. duvernoyi (182754 202631)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Euboea) H. duvernoyi (195432 195435)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Moldova (Tighina Departement) H. duvernoyi (36139 36143)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Bulgaria (Blagoevgrard) H. duvernoyi (197446)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Aegean) H. duvernoyi (202120)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Greece (Chalkidiki) H. sp. (191612)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Greece H. duvernoyi (73869)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Chalkidona) H. duvernoyi (195489)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Makedonia Thraki) H. duvernoyi (157582)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Larissa) H. duvernoyi (207134)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Bulgaria H. sp. (208566 208567 208568 208569)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Macedonia) H. duvernoyi (73553)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Greece H. duvernoyi (95690 95691)