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Plesiomeryx ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4835694	https://www.gbif.org/species/4835694
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	63102	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=63102

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cainotheriidae : Plesiomeryx

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cainotheriidae : Plesiomeryx

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
superfamily	Cainotherioidea	Camp and VanDerHoof 1940
family	Cainotheriidae	Cope 1881
subfamily	Cainotheriinae	Camp and VanderHoof 1940
genus	Plesiomeryx	Gervais

Scientific Name

Plesiomeryx Gervais

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Plesiomeryx	genus	belongs to Caenotheriidae	stated without evidence	Hürzeler, 1936
Plesiomeryx	genus	belongs to Cainotheriinae	stated without evidence	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Plesiomeryx	genus	belongs to Cainotheriinae	stated with evidence	Erfurt and Metais, 2007
Plesiomeryx	genus	belongs to Cainotheriidae	implied	Vianey-Liaud et al., 2014
Plesiomeryx	genus	belongs to Cainotheriinae	stated with evidence	Weppe et al., 2019

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene

Last Recorded Appearance

28.4 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Artiodactyla)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

grazer, browser (based on Artiodactyla)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Hürzeler. 1936. Osteologie und Odontologie der Caenotheriden, II. Abhandlungen der Schweizerischen Palaeontologischen Gesellschaft 59:91-112

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Plesiomeryx cadurcensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Plesiomeryx huerzeleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	33.9 Ma Oligocene	28.4 Ma Oligocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1936	Plesiomeryx Hürzeler pp. 98-100
1997	Plesiomeryx McKenna and Bell p. 407
2005	Plesiomeryx Blondel p. 150
2007	Plesiomeryx Erfurt and Metais p. 71
2014	Plesiomeryx Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 606
2019	Plesiomeryx Weppe et al.

References

Hürzeler J. (1936) Osteologie und Odontologie der Caenotheriden, II, Abhandlungen der Schweizerischen Palaeontologischen Gesellschaft 59, 91-112

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

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

Erfurt J., Metais G. (2007) Endemic European Paleogene artiodactyls, Evolution of Artiodactyls, 59-84

Vianey-Liaud M., Comte B., et al (2014) A new early late Oligocene (MP 26) continental vertebrate fauna from Saint-Privat-des-Vieux (Alès Basin, Gard, Southern France), Geodiversitas 36 4, 565-622 doi:10.5252/g2014n4a4

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

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Zool. Pal. gén., (2 - 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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