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Plagiolophus annectens

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Plagiolophus annectens was named by Owen (1847). Its type specimen is NHML M29729, a partial skull, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. carteri, P. casasecaensis, P. major, P. ovinus, P. oweni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Plagiolophus annectens Owen
1986Plagiolophus annectens Hooker p. 353

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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()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
subfamilyPalaeotheriinae()
genusPlagiolophusPomel 1847
speciesannectensOwen 1847

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.

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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 02:14:18
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:26:56
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Legendre 1988

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Plagiolophus annectens (31736 183350)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Occitanie) Plagiolophus annectens (184178 184190)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland Plagiolophus annectens (31742)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Plagiolophus annectens (3721 183349)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Plagiolophus annectens (12840)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Occitanie) Plagiolophus annectens (184197)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France Plagiolophus annectens (187575)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Plagiolophus annectens (9071 9074 38862 40030)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) Plagiolophus annectens (12850)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Plagiolophus annectens (184193)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Switzerland (Canton berna) Plagiolophus annectens (182807)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) Plagiolophus annectens (31756)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Plagiolophus annectens (12842 31635 31745 31766 184196)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain Plagiolophus annectens (31750)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Plagiolophus annectens (184758)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Plagiolophus annectens (31724 31757 31760 31761)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Plagiolophus annectens (31759)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Spain (Catalonia) Plagiolophus annectens (31751)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur Region) Plagiolophus annectens (31747)