Cainotheriidae

Cainotherium restoration.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cainotherioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Euungulata Ordo: Artiodactyla Superfamilia: †Cainotherioidea

Familia: †Cainotheriidae
Subfamiliae: †Cainotheriinae – †Oxacroninae

Name

†Cainotheriidae Cope, 1881

Synonymy

• Caenotheriidae Cope, 1881: 378 [original spelling]
• Cainotheridae Rütimeyer, 1891: 87 [subsequent emmendation]
• Cainotheriidae Camp & VanderHoof, 1940: 339 [subsequent emmendation]

References

Primary references

• Cope, E.D. 1881. The systematic arrangement of the order Perissodactyla. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 19: 377–401.
• Camp, C.L. & VanderHoof, V.L. 1940. Bibliography of Fossil Vertebrates, 1928–1933. Geological Society of America, Special Papers, No. 27. The Society: Baltimore. 503 pp. ISBN 9780813720272 Reference page. 

Additional references

• McKenna, M.C. & Bell, S.K. (eds.). 1997. Classification of mammals: above the species level. Columbia University Press: New York. xii + 631 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-11012-9. Google Books Reference page. 
• Weppe, R., Blondel, C., Vianey-Liaud, M., Escarguel, G., Pélissié, T., Antoine, P.-O. & Orliac, M.J. 2020. Cainotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from Dams (Quercy, SW France): phylogenetic relationships and evolution around the Eocene–Oligocene transition (MP19–MP21). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 18(7): 541–572. DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2019.1645754

Links

• Cainotheriidae – Taxon details on Paleobiology Database.

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