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Saghatherium antiquum ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4969015https://www.gbif.org/species/4969015
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)68478https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=68478
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyracoidea : Pliohyracidae : Saghatherium : Saghatherium antiquum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Hyracoidea : Pliohyracidae : Saghatherium : Saghatherium antiquum
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
-AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
-PaenungulatomorphaGheerbrant et al. 2016
-PaenungulataSimpson 1945
orderHyracoideaHuxley 1869
familyPliohyracidaeOsborn 1899
subfamilySaghatheriinae
genusSaghatheriumAndrews and Beadnell 1902
speciesSaghatherium antiquumAndrews & Beadnell 1902
Generic NameSaghatherium
Scientific NameSaghatherium antiquum Andrews & Beadnell, 1902
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Saghatherium antiquumspeciesbelongs to Saghatheriumstated without evidenceAndrews and Beadnell, 1902
Saghatherium antiquumspeciesbelongs to Saghatheriumstated with evidenceRasmussen and Simons, 1988
Saghatherium antiquumspeciesbelongs to Saghatheriumstated without evidenceRasmussen and Gutiérrez, 2010
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Hyracoidea)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. W. Andrews and H. J. L. Beadnell. 1902. A preliminary note on some new mammals from the Upper Eocene of Egypt. Survey Department, Public Works Ministry, Egypt.

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1902Saghatherium antiquum Andrews and Beadnell p. 5
1906Saghatherium antiquum Andrews p. 85
1988Saghatherium antiquum Rasmussen and Simons p. 75
2010Saghatherium antiquum Rasmussen and Gutiérrez p. 133

References

Andrews C. W., Beadnell H. J. L. (1902) A preliminary note on some new mammals from the Upper Eocene of Egypt, Survey Department, Public Works Ministry, Egypt.
Andrews C. W. (1906) , A Descriptive Catalogue of the Tertiary Vertebrata of Fayum, Egypt, 1-324
Rasmussen D. T., Simons E. L. (1988) New Oligocene hyracoids from Egypt, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 8 1, 67-83
Rasmussen D. T., Gutiérrez M. (2010) Hyracoidea, Cenozoic Mammals of Africa, 123-145
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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