Overview
Taxonomy
The Family Anthracotheriidae is a member of the Superfamily Anthracotherioidea. Here is the complete "parentage" of Anthracotheriidae:
- Domain: Eukaryota
Whittaker & Margulis,1978 - eukaryotes
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Class: Mammalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
- Subclass: Theriiformes
(Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass: Holotheria
(Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion: Trechnotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Legion: Cladotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion: Zatheria
McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion: Tribosphenida
(McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort: Theria
(Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - a genus of Click Beetles (Elateridae)
- Cohort: Placentalia
(Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - Placentals
- Magnorder: Epitheria
(Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder: Preptotheria
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Grandorder: Ungulata
(un-goo-LAH-tuh)
(C. Linnaeus, 1766) McKenna, 1975
- Mirorder: Eparctocyona
McKenna, 1975
- Order: Artiodactyla
Owen, 1848 - Even-Toed Ungulates
- Suborder: Suiformes
Jaeckel, 1911
- Superfamily: Anthracotherioidea
(Leidy, 1869) Gill, 1872
- Family: Anthracotheriidae (Leidy, 1869) Gill, 1872:11
- Superfamily: Anthracotherioidea
(Leidy, 1869) Gill, 1872
- Suborder: Suiformes
Jaeckel, 1911
- Order: Artiodactyla
Owen, 1848 - Even-Toed Ungulates
- Mirorder: Eparctocyona
McKenna, 1975
- Grandorder: Ungulata
(un-goo-LAH-tuh)
(C. Linnaeus, 1766) McKenna, 1975
- Superorder: Preptotheria
(McKenna, 1975) McKenna, in Stucky & McKenna, in Benton, ed., 1993
- Magnorder: Epitheria
(Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort: Placentalia
(Owen, 1837) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - Placentals
- Supercohort: Theria
(Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997 - a genus of Click Beetles (Elateridae)
- Infralegion: Tribosphenida
(McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Sublegion: Zatheria
McKenna, 1975
- Legion: Cladotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Superlegion: Trechnotheria
McKenna, 1975
- Infraclass: Holotheria
(Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Subclass: Theriiformes
(Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Class: Mammalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - Mammals
- Superclass: Tetrapoda
Goodrich, 1930 - Tetrapods
- Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
auct. - Jawed Vertebrates
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
Cuvier, 1812 - Vertebrates
- Phylum: Chordata
Bateson, 1885 - Chordates
- Infrakingdom: Chordonia
(Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Branch: Deuterostomia
Grobben, 1908 - Deuterostomes
- Subkingdom: Bilateria
(Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983 - bilaterians
- Kingdom: Animalia
C. Linnaeus, 1758 - animals
The Family Anthracotheriidae is further organized into finer groupings including:
- Genus (17): Aepinacodon · Anthracokeryx · Anthracosenex · Anthracotherium · Arretotherium · Bothriodon · Brachyodus · Elomeryx · Hemimeryx · Heptacodon · Hyoboops · Hyopotamus · Libycosaurus · Masritherium · Merycopotamus · Microbunodon · Siamotherium
- Species: ZipcodeZoo has pages for 38 species and subspecies in the Family Anthracotheriidae.
Genera
Aepinacodon
Anthracokeryx
Anthracosenex
Anthracotherium
Anthracotherium ("Coal Beast") was a genus of extinct artiodactyl ungulate mammals, characterized by having 44 teeth, with five semi-crescentic cusps on the crowns of the upper molars. The genus ranged throughout the Oligocene period, having a distribution throughout Europe, Asia, and North America. They died out during the mid to late Miocene, possibly due to a combination of climatic change and competition from other artiodactyls, including pigs and hippopotami (such may have been the case in Europe). [more]
Arretotherium
Bothriodon
Brachyodus
Elomeryx
Hemimeryx
Heptacodon
Hyoboops
Hyopotamus
Libycosaurus
Masritherium
Merycopotamus
Microbunodon
Siamotherium
More info about the Genus Siamotherium may be found here.
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