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Lophiomeryx mouchelini

Osteichthyes - Lophiomerycidae

Taxonomy
Lophiomeryx mouchelini was named by Brunet and Sudre (1987). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Villebramar, which is in a MP 22 terrestrial horizon in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
L. chalanitani, L. muchelini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Lophiomeryx mouchelini Brunet and Sudre
2001Lophiomeryx mouchelini Vislobokova p. S139

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Artiodactylamorpha
—Artiodactyla()
—Ruminantiamorpha
—Ruminantia(Scopoli 1777)
infraorderTragulina
superfamilyTraguloidea
familyLophiomerycidaeJanis 1987
genusLophiomeryxPomel 1853
speciesmoucheliniBrunet and Sudre 1987

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.

†Lophiomeryx mouchelini Brunet and Sudre 1987
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999

Age range: MP 21 or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2133.9 - 27.3Czechia Lophiomeryx mouchelini (91467)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France (Quercy) Lophiomeryx mouchelini (179142 181092)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3France (Nouvelle-Aquitaine ) Lophiomeryx mouchelini (type locality: 183511)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France (Quercy) Lophiomeryx mouchelini (179147 183377)