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Teleolophus shandongensis

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae

Taxonomy
Teleolophus shandongensis was named by Chow and Qi (1982). Its type specimen is IVPP V6387, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sisichow, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Guanzhuang Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. magnum
Entered
by P. Mannion on 2015-12-16

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Teleolophus shandongensis Chow and Qi

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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()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyTapiroideaGill 1872
familyTapiridae()
genusTeleolophusMatthew and Granger 1925
speciesshandongensis

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.

†Teleolophus shandongensis Chow and Qi 1982
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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: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-22 20:13:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Middle Eocene or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Shandong) Teleolophus shandongensis (type locality: 175583)