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Qatraniodon ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4834758	https://www.gbif.org/species/4834758
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	336079	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=336079

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Anthracotheriidae : Qatraniodon

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Anthracotheriidae : Qatraniodon

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
order	Ungulata
order	Artiodactyla	Owen 1848
-	Cetancodonta	Arnason et al. 2000
superfamily	Hippopotamoidea	Gray 1821
family	Anthracotheriidae	Leidy 1869
genus	Qatraniodon	Ducrocq 1997

Scientific Name

Qatraniodon Ducrocq, 1997

Name Published In

Stuttg Beitr Natkd Ser B (Geol Palaeontol) 250, 31 Oktober

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Qatraniodon	genus	belongs to Anthracotheriidae	stated with evidence	Ducrocq, 1997
Qatraniodon	genus	belongs to Anthracotheriidae	stated without evidence	Holroyd et al., 2010

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene

Last Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

browser (based on Anthracotheriidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

S. Ducrocq. 1997. The Anthracotheriid Genus Bothriogenys (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) in Africa and Asia During the Paleogene: Phylogenetical and Paleobiogeographical Relationships. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 250:1-44

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ancodon parvus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1997	Qatraniodon Ducrocq
2010	Qatraniodon Holroyd et al. p. 854

References

Ducrocq S. (1997) The Anthracotheriid Genus Bothriogenys (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) in Africa and Asia During the Paleogene: Phylogenetical and Paleobiogeographical Relationships, Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 250, 1-44

Holroyd P. A., Lihoreau F., et al (2010) Anthracotheriidae, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 851-859

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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Stuttg Beitr Natkd Ser B (Geol Palaeontol) 250, 31 Oktober - 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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