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Litolophus gobiensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Eomoropidae

Taxonomy
Grangeria gobiensis was named by Colbert (1934). Its type specimen is AMNH 26645, a partial skull (Crushed skull and a mandible), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 6 miles west of Camp Margetts and 27 miles southwest of Iren Dabasu (Arshanto), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Arshanto Formation of China.

It was recombined as Litolophus gobiensis by Radinsky (1964) and Bai et al. (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Grangeria gobiensis Colbert
1935Grangeria gobiensis Colbert p. 11
1964Litolophus gobiensis Radinsky
2010Litolophus gobiensis Bai et al.

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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()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ancylopoda()
superfamilyChalicotherioideaGill 1872
familyEomoropidaeMatthew 1929
genusLitolophusRadinsky 1964
speciesgobiensis(Colbert 1934)

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.

†Litolophus gobiensis Colbert 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingsuperf
Diet: browsersuperf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:59:14
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:59:14
Source: superf = superfamily, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Coombs 1998

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 55.80000 to 48.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6China (Nei Mongol) Grangeria gobiensis (182555) Litolophus gobiensis (75275)