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Duerotherium, the Glossary

Duerotherium is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls known only from the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Eocene, which contains one species D. sudrei.^[1]

63 relations: Adapiformes, Alligatoroidea, Anoplotheriidae, Anoplotherium, Apomorphy and synapomorphy, Archaeomeryx, Archipelago, Artiodactyl, Balkanatolia, Baurusuchidae, Cainotheriidae, Cainotherium, Camelidae, Canine tooth, Chevrotain, Condylarthra, Crocodilia, Cusp (anatomy), Dacrytherium, Dentition, Dichodon (mammal), Diplocynodon, Eocene, Ephelcomenus, Hadrianus (turtle), Heterodont, Holarctic realm, Hyaenodonta, Iberian Peninsula, Iberosuchus, Incisor, Mammal Paleogene zones, Maxilla, Mazateronodon, Merycoidodontoidea, Mixtotherium, Molar (tooth), Oligocene, Omomyidae, Palaeotheriidae, Palaeotherium, Paleogene, Paratethys, Paratoceras, Parvitragulus, Perissodactyla, Placentalia, Plagiolophus (mammal), Polyphyly, Premolar, ... Expand index (13 more) »

Adapiformes

Adapiformes is a group of early primates.

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Alligatoroidea

Alligatoroidea is one of three superfamilies of crocodylians, the other two being Crocodyloidea and Gavialoidea.

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Anoplotheriidae

Anoplotheriidae is an extinct family of artiodactyl ungulates. Duerotherium and Anoplotheriidae are Eocene Artiodactyla.

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Anoplotherium is the type genus of the extinct Palaeogene artiodactyl family Anoplotheriidae, which was endemic to western Europe. Duerotherium and Anoplotherium are Eocene Artiodactyla and prehistoric Artiodactyla genera.

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Apomorphy and synapomorphy

In phylogenetics, an apomorphy (or derived trait) is a novel character or character state that has evolved from its ancestral form (or plesiomorphy).

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Archaeomeryx

Archaeomeryx is an extinct genus of ruminant that lived early in the Eocene. Duerotherium and Archaeomeryx are Eocene Artiodactyla and prehistoric Artiodactyla genera.

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Archipelago

An archipelago, sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.

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Artiodactyl

Artiodactyls are placental mammals belonging to the order Artiodactyla. Typically, they are ungulates which bear weight equally on two (an even number) of their five toes (the third and fourth, often in the form of a hoof).

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Balkanatolia

For some 10 million years until the end of the Eocene, Balkanatolia was an island continent or a series of islands, separate from Asia and also from Western Europe.

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Baurusuchidae

Baurusuchidae is a Gondwanan family of mesoeucrocodylians that lived during the Late Cretaceous.

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Cainotheriidae

Cainotheriidae is an extinct family of artiodactyls known from the Late Eocene to Middle Miocene of Europe.

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Cainotherium

Cainotherium is an extinct genus of rabbit-sized prehistoric even-toed ungulates. Duerotherium and Cainotherium are prehistoric Artiodactyla genera.

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Camelidae

Camelids are members of the biological family Camelidae, the only currently living family in the suborder Tylopoda.

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Canine tooth

In mammalian oral anatomy, the canine teeth, also called cuspids, dogteeth, eye teeth, vampire teeth, or vampire fangs, are the relatively long, pointed teeth.

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Chevrotain

Chevrotains, or mouse-deer, are diminutive, even-toed ungulates that make up the family Tragulidae, and are the only living members of the infraorder Tragulina.

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Condylarthra

Condylarthra is an informal group – previously considered an order – of extinct placental mammals, known primarily from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs.

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Crocodilia

Crocodilia (or Crocodylia, both) is an order of semiaquatic, predatory reptiles known as crocodilians.

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Cusp (anatomy)

A cusp is a pointed, projecting, or elevated feature.

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Dacrytherium

Dacrytherium (Ancient Greek: δάκρυ(tear) + θήρ (beast or wild animal) meaning "tear beast") is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls belonging to the family Anoplotheriidae. Duerotherium and Dacrytherium are Eocene Artiodactyla and prehistoric Artiodactyla genera.

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Dentition

Dentition pertains to the development of teeth and their arrangement in the mouth.

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Dichodon (mammal)

Dichodon is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls belonging to the family Xiphodontidae. Duerotherium and Dichodon (mammal) are Eocene Artiodactyla, Eocene mammals of Europe and prehistoric Artiodactyla genera.

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Diplocynodon

Diplocynodon is an extinct genus of alligatoroid crocodilian that lived during the Paleocene to Middle Miocene in Europe.

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Eocene

The Eocene is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (Ma).

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Ephelcomenus is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls endemic to western Europe. Duerotherium and Ephelcomenus are prehistoric Artiodactyla genera.

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Hadrianus (turtle)

Hadrianus is an extinct genus of tortoise belonging to the Testudinidae found in the United States, the Yolomécatl Formation of Mexico, the Alai Beds of Kyrgyzstan and Spain and believed to be the oldest true tortoise known.

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Heterodont

In anatomy, a heterodont (from Greek, meaning 'different teeth') is an animal which possesses more than a single tooth morphology.

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Holarctic realm

The Holarctic realm is a biogeographic realm that comprises the majority of habitats found throughout the continents in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Hyaenodonta

Hyaenodonta ("hyena teeth") is an extinct order of hypercarnivorous placental mammals of clade Pan-Carnivora from mirorder Ferae.

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Iberian Peninsula

The Iberian Peninsula (IPA), also known as Iberia, is a peninsula in south-western Europe, defining the westernmost edge of Eurasia.

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Iberosuchus

Iberosuchus (meaning "Iberian crocodile") is a genus of extinct sebecosuchian mesoeucrocodylian found in Western Europe from the Eocene.

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Incisor

Incisors (from Latin incidere, "to cut") are the front teeth present in most mammals.

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Mammal Paleogene zones

The Mammal Paleogene zones or MP zones are a system of biostratigraphic zones in the stratigraphic record used to correlate mammal-bearing fossil localities of the Paleogene period of Europe.

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Maxilla

In vertebrates, the maxilla (maxillae) is the upper fixed (not fixed in Neopterygii) bone of the jaw formed from the fusion of two maxillary bones.

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Mazateronodon

Mazateronodon is a genus of adapiform primate that lived in Europe during the middle Eocene. Duerotherium and Mazateronodon are Eocene mammals of Europe.

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Merycoidodontoidea

Merycoidodontoidea, previously known as "oreodonts" or "ruminating hogs," are an extinct superfamily of prehistoric cud-chewing artiodactyls with short faces and fang-like canine teeth.

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Mixtotherium

Mixtotherium (Latin: mixtus (mixed) + Ancient Greek: θήρ (beast or wild animal) meaning "mixed beast") is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls belonging to the monotypic family Mixtotheriidae. Duerotherium and Mixtotherium are Eocene Artiodactyla and prehistoric Artiodactyla genera.

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Molar (tooth)

The molars or molar teeth are large, flat teeth at the back of the mouth.

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Omomyidae

Omomyidae is a group of early primates that radiated during the Eocene epoch between about (mya).

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Palaeotheriidae

Palaeotheriidae is an extinct family of herbivorous perissodactyl mammals that inhabited Europe, with less abundant remains also known from Asia, from the mid-Eocene to the early Oligocene.

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Palaeotherium

Palaeotherium is the type genus of the extinct perissodactyl family Palaeotheriidae, a Palaeogene-exclusive lineage within the superfamily Equoidea that diverged from the extant Equidae (horses and relatives) by the Palaeocene to early Eocene. Duerotherium and Palaeotherium are Eocene mammals of Europe.

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Paleogene

The Paleogene Period (also spelled Palaeogene or Palæogene) is a geologic period and system that spans 43 million years from the end of the Cretaceous Period Ma (million years ago) to the beginning of the Neogene Period Ma.

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Paratethys

The Paratethys sea, Paratethys ocean, Paratethys realm or just Paratethys was a large shallow inland sea that stretched from the region north of the Alps over Central Europe to the Aral Sea in Central Asia.

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Paratoceras

Paratoceras is an extinct genus of Artiodactyla, of the family Protoceratidae, endemic to North America. Duerotherium and Paratoceras are prehistoric Artiodactyla genera.

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Parvitragulus

Parvitragulus is an extinct monospecific genus of hypertragulid ruminant endemic to North America. Duerotherium and Parvitragulus are Eocene Artiodactyla and prehistoric Artiodactyla genera.

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Perissodactyla

Perissodactyla is an order of ungulates.

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Placentalia

Placental mammals (infraclass Placentalia) are one of the three extant subdivisions of the class Mammalia, the other two being Monotremata and Marsupialia.

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Plagiolophus (mammal)

Plagiolophus is an extinct genus of herbivore.

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Polyphyly

A polyphyletic group is an assemblage that includes organisms with mixed evolutionary origin but does not include their most recent common ancestor.

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Premolar

The premolars, also called premolar teeth, or bicuspids, are transitional teeth located between the canine and molar teeth.

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Primate

Primates is an order of mammals, which is further divided into the strepsirrhines, which include lemurs, galagos, and lorisids; and the haplorhines, which include tarsiers; and the simians, which include monkeys and apes.

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Proviverra

Proviverra ("before civet") is an extinct genus of placental mammals from extinct family Proviverridae within extinct superfamily Hyaenodontoidea (in extinct order Hyaenodonta), that lived during the Middle Eocene in Europe. Duerotherium and Proviverra are Eocene mammals of Europe.

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Pseudoltinomys

Pseudoltinomys is a prehistoric rodent that lived approximately 30 million years ago, during the Oligocene epoch.

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Robiatherium

Robiatherium is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls containing one species R. cournovense. Duerotherium and Robiatherium are prehistoric Artiodactyla genera.

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Ruminant

Ruminants are herbivorous grazing or browsing artiodactyls belonging to the suborder Ruminantia that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally through microbial actions.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duerotherium

, Primate, Proviverra, Pseudoltinomys, Robiatherium, Ruminant, Selenodont, Tethys Ocean, Thesis, Turtle, Tylopoda, University of Salamanca, Xiphodon, Xiphodontidae.

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