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Litolophus

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Eomoropidae

Taxonomy
Litolophus was named by Radinsky (1964). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Chalicotherioidea by Coombs (1998); to Chalicotheriidae by Prothero and Schoch (1989), Hooker and Dashzeveg (2004); and to Eomoropidae by Missiaen and Gingerich (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Litolophus Radinsky
1989Litolophus Prothero and Schoch p. 533
1998Litolophus Coombs
2004Litolophus Hooker and Dashzeveg p. 1377
2012Litolophus Missiaen and Gingerich

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ancylopoda()
superfamilyChalicotherioideaGill 1872
familyEomoropidaeMatthew 1929
genusLitolophusRadinsky 1964

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Litolophus Radinsky 1964
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†Litolophus ghazijensis Missiaen and Gingerich 2012
†Litolophus gobiensis Colbert 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available