A new species of Moeritherium (Proboscidea, Mammalia) from the Eocene of Algeria: New perspectives on the ancestral morphotype of the genus

C. Delmer, M. Mahboubi, R. Tabuce, and P. Tassy

2006

Article

Palaeontology 49(2):421-434

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Moeritherium ancestrale
• Moeritherium andrewsi
• Moeritherium chehbeurameuri
• Moeritherium latidens
• Moeritherium pharaonensis

Taxonomy:

• Moeritherium ancestrale belongs to Moeritherium lyonsi - Tobien (1978)
• Moeritherium trigonodon belongs to Moeritherium - Tobien (1978)
• Moeritherium andrewsi belongs to Moeritherium trigonodon - Tobien (1978)
• Moeritherium chehbeurameuri belongs to Moeritherium - Delmer et al. (2006)
• Moeritheriidae belongs to Proboscidea - Delmer et al. (2006)
• Moeritherium belongs to Moeritheriidae - Delmer et al. (2006)
• Moeritherium gracile belongs to Moeritherium - Delmer et al. (2006)
• Moeritherium lyonsi belongs to Moeritherium - Delmer et al. (2006)
• Moeritherium latidens belongs to Moeritherium - Delmer et al. (2006)
• Moeritherium pharaonensis belongs to Moeritherium - Delmer et al. (2006)