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Pappaceras meiomenus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Paraceratheriidae

Taxonomy
Pappaceras meiomenus was named by Wang et al. (2016). Its type specimen is IVPP V20254, a skull, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Huheboerhe-Nuhetingboerhe (AS-5), which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Arshanto Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Pappaceras meiomenus Wang 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
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
Tapiromorpha(Haeckel 1873)
Ceratomorpha(Wood 1937)
superfamilyRhinocerotoidea
familyParaceratheriidaeOsborn 1923
subfamilyForstercooperiinae
genusPappaceras
speciesmeiomenus

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.

Pappaceras meiomenus Wang et al. 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 dwellingsubo
Diet: browsersubo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 15:03:12
Modified: 2005-08-31 17:03:12
Source: subo = suborder, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Colbert and Schoch 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Early/Lower Eocene or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07China (Nei Mongol) Pappaceras meiomenus (type locality: 176542)