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Lophiotherium cervulum

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Lophiotherium cervulum was named by Gervais (1849).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. vasacciensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Lophiotherium cervulum Gervais
1986Lophiotherium cervulum Hooker p. 347
2017Lophiotherium cervulum Remy

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
subfamilyPachynolophinaePaulow 1877
genusLophiotheriumMarsh 1871
speciescervulumGervais 1849

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.

†Lophiotherium cervulum Gervais 1849
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 05:07:24
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:24:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Benton 1996, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 47.80000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium (Brussels) Lophiotherium cervulum (124461)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region Region) Lophiotherium cervulum (31756)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Lophiotherium cervulum (31724 31758 31760)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Lophiotherium cervulum (31759)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Switzerland Lophiotherium cervulum (195854 195855)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) Lophiotherium cervulum (12850)