Cainotherium laticurvatum skull and mandible.

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Ordo: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Infraordo: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Superordo: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Laurasiatheria
Ordo: Artiodactyla
Subordo: Tylopoda
Superfamilia: †Cainotherioidea
Familia: †Cainotheriidae
Subfamilia: †Cainotheriinae
Genus: †Cainotherium
Species: †Cainotherium laticurvatum

Name

Cainotherium laticurvatum (Geoffroy, 1833) Erfurt & Metais, 2007

Synonyms:

  • Caenotherium laticurvatum Geoffroy, 1833
  • Caenotherium commune Bravard, 1835
  • Caenotherium concinnum Meyer, 1843
  • Caenotherium cournonense Blainville, 1849
  • Caenotherium elegans Pomel, 1847
  • Caenotherium geoffroyi Pomel, 1851
  • Caenotherium leptognathum Leizer and Parieu, 1838
  • Caenotherium leptorhynchum Pomel, 1846
  • Caenotherium medium Blainville, 1849
  • Caenotherium metopias Pomel, 1851
  • Caenotherium minimum Bravard, 1835
  • Caenotherium nouleti Lartet, 1851

Distribution

Europe

  • France
    • Branssat, Auvergne

Temporal range: Oligocene

References

  • Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire É., 1833. Considérations sur des ossements fossiles la plupart inconnus, trouvés et observés dans les bassins de l'Auvergne. Moessard.
  • Erfurt J. and Metais G., 2007. Endemic European Paleogene artiodactyls. In D. R. Prothero, S. E. Foss (eds.), Evolution of Artiodactyls 59-84.

Additional references

  • Pomel N.A., 1854. Catalogue méthodique et descriptif des vertébrés fossiles. (p95).

Cainotherium laticurvatum in Paleobiology Database

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