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Bepitherium jordifusalbae

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Bepitherium jordifusalbae was named by Checa and Colombo (2004). Its type specimen is IPS 319, a partial skull (Skull fragment with right P2-M3 and left P1-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Les Vinyes, which is in a MP 8 + 9 lacustrine horizon in Spain. It is the type species of Bepitherium.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Bepitherium jordifusalbae Checa and Colombo

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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
subfamilyPachynolophinaePaulow 1877
genusBepitherium
speciesjordifusalbae

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.

†Bepitherium jordifusalbae Checa and Colombo 2004
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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: Carroll 1988, Benton 1996, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: MP 10 or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 1056.0 - 48.07Spain (Catalonia) Bepitherium jordifusalbae (182236)
MP 8 + 956.0 - 48.07Spain (Catalonia) Bepitherium jordifusalbae (type locality: 182234)