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Cainotheriinae ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)77370https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=77370
Ranksubfamily (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cainotheriidae : Cainotheriinae
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
orderUngulata
orderArtiodactylaOwen 1848
superfamilyCainotherioideaCamp and VanDerHoof 1940
familyCainotheriidaeCope 1881
subfamilyCainotheriinaeCamp and VanderHoof 1940
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cainotheriinaesubfamilybelongs to Cainotheriidaestated without evidenceMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Cainotheriinaesubfamilybelongs to Cainotheriidaestated with evidenceErfurt and Metais, 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)16
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Last Recorded Appearance13.7 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietgrazer, browser (based on Artiodactyla)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. Blondel. 2005. New data on the Cainotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Oligocene of south-western France. Zoological Journal fo the Linnaean Society 144:125-166

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Caenomeryx
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
733.9 Ma
Oligocene
28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Cainotherium
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4456.0 Ma
Paleocene
13.7 Ma
Miocene
Plesiomeryx
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1433.9 Ma
Oligocene
28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Procaenotherium
genus
doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1940Cainotheriinae Camp and VanderHoof
1997Cainotheriinae McKenna and Bell p. 407
2005Cainotheriinae Blondel p. 150
2007Cainotheriinae Erfurt and Metais p. 70
2019Cainotheriinae Weppe et al.

References

Blondel C. (2005) New data on the Cainotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Oligocene of south-western France, Zoological Journal fo the Linnaean Society 144, 125-166
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Erfurt J., Metais G. (2007) Endemic European Paleogene artiodactyls, Evolution of Artiodactyls, 59-84
Weppe R., Blondel C., et al (2019) Cainotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Dams (Quercy, SW France): phylogenetic relationships and evolution around the Eocene–Oligocene transition (MP19–MP21), Journal of Systematic Palaeontology doi:10.1080/14772019.2019.1645754
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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