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Losodokodon losodokius

Mammalia - Proboscidea - Mammutidae

Taxonomy
Losodokodon losodokius was named by Rasmussen and Gutierrez (2009). Its type specimen is KNM-LS 18244, a set of teeth (Right upper M3 and left upper M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lothidok Hill, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Erageleit Formation of Kenya. It is the type species of Losodokodon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Losodokodon losodokius Rasmussen and Gutierrez

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—AfrotheriaStanhope et al. 1998
—Tethytheria
orderProboscidea()
—ElephantimorphaTassy and Shoshani 1997
familyMammutidaeHay 1922
genusLosodokodon
specieslosodokius

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.

†Losodokodon losodokius Rasmussen and Gutierrez 2009
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:15:52
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:15:52
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lambert and Shoshani 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Aquitanian or 28.40000 to 20.44000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kenya (Turkana) Losodokodon losodokius (type locality: 174662)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Kenya (Rift Valley) Losodokodon losodokius (174664)