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Teinolophos
Taxonomy
Teinolophos was named by Rich et al. (1999). Its type is Teinolophos trusleri. It is the type genus of Teinolophidae.
It was assigned to Eupantotheria by Rich et al. (1999); to Steropodontidae by Rich et al. (2001), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); to Monotremata by Rich et al. (2005); to Australosphenida by Martin and Rauhut (2005); to Ornithorhynchidae by Rowe et al. (2008); and to Teinolophidae by Flannery et al. (2022), Poropat et al. (2023).
It was assigned to Eupantotheria by Rich et al. (1999); to Steropodontidae by Rich et al. (2001), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); to Monotremata by Rich et al. (2005); to Australosphenida by Martin and Rauhut (2005); to Ornithorhynchidae by Rowe et al. (2008); and to Teinolophidae by Flannery et al. (2022), Poropat et al. (2023).
Species
T. trusleri (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1999 | Teinolophos Rich et al. p. 16 figs. (figs 16. 17b. 17c, 18) |
| 2001 | Teinolophos Rich et al. p. 114 |
| 2004 | Teinolophos Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 206, 210-211 fig. 6.5B,C2 |
| 2005 | Teinolophos Martin and Rauhut |
| 2005 | Teinolophos Rich et al. p. 913 |
| 2008 | Teinolophos Rowe et al. p. 1241 |
| 2022 | Teinolophos Flannery et al. p. 4 |
| 2023 | Teinolophos Poropat et al. p. 173 |
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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.
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| T. H. Rich et al. 1999 | istinguished from other eupantotheres by the talonid of the penultimate posterior molar being extremely foreshortened and yet extending further Iabially than the trigonid. |
Measurements
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| Source: c = class, subp = subphylum, uc = unranked clade | |||||
| References: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Luo et al. 2003 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Barremian or 125.77000 to 121.40000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Barremian | Australia (Victoria) | T. trusleri (51961) |