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Garatherium ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4826746https://www.gbif.org/species/4826746
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)96591https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=96591
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Didelphimorphia : Didelphidae : Garatherium
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Adapisoriculidae : Garatherium
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
-Euarchonta
familyAdapisoriculidaeVan Valen 1967
genusGaratheriumCrochet 1984
Scientific NameGaratherium Crochet, 1984
Name Published InAnnales Paleont. 70 (4)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Garatheriumgenusbelongs to Didelphimorphiastated with evidenceCrochet, 1984
Garatheriumgenusbelongs to Adapisoriculidaestated without evidenceGheerbrant, 1995
Garatheriumgenusbelongs to Herpetotheriinaestated with evidenceJohanson, 1996
Garatheriumgenusbelongs to Adapisoriculidaestated without evidenceGheerbrant et al., 1998
Garatheriumgenusbelongs to Marsupialiastated without evidenceGunnell, 2010
Garatheriumgenusbelongs to Adapisoriculidaestated with evidenceDe Bast et al., 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance59.2 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietinsectivore (based on Mammaliaformes)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Y. Crochet. 1984. Garatherium mahboubii nov. gen., nov. sp., marsupial de l'Eocene inférieur d'El Kohol (Sud-Oranais, Algérie). Annales de Paléontologie 70:275-294

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Garatherium mahboubii ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		156.0 Ma
Paleocene		56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Garatherium todrae ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		159.2 Ma
Paleocene		59.2 Ma
Paleocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1984Garatherium Crochet
1995Garatherium Gheerbrant
1996Garatherium Johanson p. 1023
1998Garatherium Gheerbrant et al.
2010Garatherium Gunnell p. 78
2012Garatherium De Bast et al.

References

Crochet J. Y. (1984) Garatherium mahboubii nov. gen., nov. sp., marsupial de l'Eocene inférieur d'El Kohol (Sud-Oranais, Algérie), Annales de Paléontologie 70, 275-294
Gheerbrant E. (1995) Les mammifères Paléocènes du Bassin d'Quarzazate (Maroc). III. Adapisoriculidae et autres mammifères (Carnivora, ? Creodonta, Condylarthra, ? Ungulata et incertae sedis), Palaeontographica Abteilung A 237 1-4, 39-132
Johanson Z. (1996) New marsupial from the Fort Union Formation, Swain Quarry, Wyoming, Journal of Paleontology 70 6, 1023-1031
Gheerbrant E., Sudre J., et al (1998) Nouvelles données sur les mammifères du Thanétien et de l'Yprésien du bassin d'Ouarzazate (Maroc) et leur contexte stratigraphique, Palaeovertebrata 27 3-4, 155-202
Gunnell G. F. (2010) Marsupialia, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 77-79
De Bast E., Sigé B., et al (2012) Diversity of the adapisoriculid mammals from the early Palaeocene of Hainin, Belgium, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57 1, 35-52
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Annales Paleont. 70 (4) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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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