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Leptolophus stehlini

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Leptolophus stehlini was named by Remy (1965). Its type specimen is FSL 5104, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Robiac-Nord, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in France. It is the type species of Leptolophus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Leptolophus stehlini Remy
2002Leptolophus stehlini Badiola et al. p. 842

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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
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
genusLeptolophusRemy 1965
speciesstehliniRemy 1965

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.

†Leptolophus stehlini Remy 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: frugivoreg
Diet 2: folivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 02:18:13
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:12:05
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Legendre 1988

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Leptolophus stehlini (type locality: 31736 183350)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Leptolophus stehlini (12840)