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Lophiobunodon minervoisensis

Osteichthyes - Choeropotamidae

Taxonomy
Lophiobunodon minervoisensis was named by Deperet (1908). Its type specimen is FSL 3016, a maxilla (left maxilla with P1-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is La Livinière, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Lophiobunodon minervoisensis Deperet
2007Lophiobunodon minervoisensis Erfurt and Metais p. 65
2020Lophiobunodon minervoisensis Luccisano et al. p. 1642

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
superfamilyChoeropotamoidea
familyChoeropotamidaeOwen 1845
genusLophiobunodonDeperet 1908
speciesminervoisensisDeperet 1908

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialo
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: browsero
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:03:05
Modified: 2005-09-19 12:23:23
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon) Lophiodon tapirotherium, Dacrytheriidae indet. 1, Dacrytheriidae indet. 2 (182519)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Lophiobunodon minervoisensis (31717)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Herault) Lophiobunodon minervoisensis (type locality: 78248)