Dagbatitherium

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Elephantiformes

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Superordo: Afrotheria Cladus: Paenungulata Cladus: Tethytheria Ordo: Proboscidea Subordo: Elephantiformes

Genus: †Dagbatitherium
Species: †D. tassyi

Name

Dagbatitherium Hautier et al., 2021

Type species: Dagbatitherium tassyi, by monotypy

Etymology: "Dagbati, the quarry where the type specimen was found, and therion, wild animal in Greek" [Hautier et al., 2021]

References

Primary references

• Hautier, L., Tabuce, R., Mourlam, M.J., Kassegne, K.E., Amoudji, Y.Z., Orliac, M., Quillévéré, F., Charruault, A.-L., Johnson, A.K.C. & Guinot, G. 2021. New Middle Eocene proboscidean from Togo illuminates the early evolution of the elephantiform-like dental pattern. Proceedings of the Royal Society (B) 288: 20211439. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.1439 Reference page.