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Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8447171https://www.gbif.org/species/8447171
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)248929https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=248929
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Leontiniidae : Anayatherium
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Notoungulata : Leontiniidae : Anayatherium
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
orderNotoungulataRoth 1903
suborderToxodontiaAmeghino 1887
familyLeontiniidaeAmeghino 1894
genusAnayatheriumShockey 2005
Scientific NameAnayatherium Shockey, 2005
Name Published InShockey, Bruce J. 2005. New leontinidids (Class Mammalia, Order Notoungulata, Family Leontiniidae) from the Salla Beds of Bolivia (Deseadan, late Oligocene). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 45(4): 249-260.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Anayatheriumgenusbelongs to Leontiniidaestated with evidenceShockey, 2005
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance29.0 - 21.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance29.0 - 21.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Notoungulata)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)B. J. Shockey. 2005. New leontinidids (Class Mammalia, Order Notoungulata, Family Leontiniidae) from the Salla beds of Bolivia (Deseadan, Late Oligocene). Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 45(4):249-260

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
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Anayatherium ekecoa ✝
species		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		129.0 Ma
Oligocene		29.0 Ma
Oligocene
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Anayatherium fortis ✝
species		doubtful (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		229.0 Ma
Oligocene		29.0 Ma
Oligocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2005Anayatherium Shockey p. 255 figs. 2-3
2012Anayatherium Shockey et al.

References

Shockey B. J. (2005) New leontinidids (Class Mammalia, Order Notoungulata, Family Leontiniidae) from the Salla beds of Bolivia (Deseadan, Late Oligocene), Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 45 4, 249-260
Shockey B. J., Flynn J. J., et al (2012) New leontiniid Notoungulata (Mammalia) from Chile and Argentina: comparative anatomy, character analysis, and phylogenetic hypotheses, American Museum Novitates 3737, 1-64
inferred from original work (title) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
refer original publication - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
web search (AJR) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
www.organismnames.com (Jul 2012) / web search - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Article title: New leontiniids (class Mammalia, order Notoungulata, family Leontiniidae) from the Salla Beds of Bolivia (Deseadan, Late Oligocene). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History 45. - 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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