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Loxolophodon speirianum

Mammalia - Coryphodontidae

Taxonomy
Loxolophodon speirianum was named by Osborn (1881). It is the type species of Tetheopsis, Loxolophodon.

It was recombined as Loxalophodon speirianum by Osborn (1881); it was recombined as Tinoceras speirianum by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Tetheopsis speirianus by Cope (1885), Wheeler (1961), Lucas and Schoch (1998).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Loxalophodon speirianum Osborn
1881Loxolophodon speirianum Osborn pp. 20 - 23
1885Tetheopsis speirianus Cope
1885Tetheopsis stenops Cope p. 594
1885Tinoceras annectens Marsh
1885Tinoceras longiceps Marsh
1885Tinoceras stenops Marsh
1902Tinoceras annectens Hay p. 704
1902Tinoceras longiceps Hay p. 705
1902Tinoceras speirianum Hay p. 705
1902Tinoceras stenops Hay p. 705
1961Tetheopsis speirianus Wheeler pp. 48 - 51
1998Tetheopsis speirianus Lucas and Schoch p. 287

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
RankNameAuthor
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
suborderPantodonta(Cope 1873)
familyCoryphodontidae
genusLoxolophodon()
speciesspeirianum

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.

†Loxolophodon speirianum Osborn 1881
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available