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Lophiodon eygalayense

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae

Taxonomy
Lophiodon eygalayense was named by Labarrère and Montenat (2011). Its type specimen is MNHN Egy 22, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eygalayes, which is in a Lutetian terrestrial horizon in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. sanmoralense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Lophiodon eygalayense Labarrère and Montenat

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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
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
—Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
—Ancylopoda()
superfamilyChalicotherioideaGill 1872
familyLophiodontidaeGill 1872
subfamilyLophiodontinae
genusLophiodonCuvier 1822
specieseygalayense

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.

†Lophiodon eygalayense Labarrère and Montenat 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: folivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 02:19:22
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:15:49
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Legendre 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lutetian or 47.80000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3France (Occitanie) Lophiodon eygalayense (195457)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Drome) Lophiodon eygalayense (type locality: 177494)