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Xylotitan cenosus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae

Taxonomy
Xylotitan cenosus was named by Mihlbachler and Samuels (2016). Its type specimen is UCMP 121825, a maxilla (left partial maxilla with P1, P2, P3, P4), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Clarno Nut Beds, which is in an Eocene terrestrial conglomerate/sandstone in the Clarno Formation of Oregon. It is the type species of Xylotitan.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Xylotitan cenosus Mihlbachler and Samuels p. 1236 figs. Figures 3.1–3.3, 5.1–5.12, 6.1–6.6

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
familyBrontotheriidae()
genusXylotitan
speciescenosus

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.

†Xylotitan cenosus Mihlbachler and Samuels 2016
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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: 2005-08-31 14:53:16
Modified: 2005-08-31 16:53:16
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Mader 1998, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Middle Eocene or 47.80000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Telmatherium sp. (type locality: 16202)