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Plagiolophus mamertensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Plagiolophus mamertensis was named by Remy (2004). Its type specimen is FSL 5214, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Robiac-Nord, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. casasecaensis, P. ovinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Plagiolophus mamertensis Remy

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
subfamilyPalaeotheriinae()
genusPlagiolophusPomel 1847
speciesmamertensisRemy 2004

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: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: frugivoreg
Diet 2: folivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 02:14:18
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:26:56
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Legendre 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Plagiolophus mamertensis (type locality: 31736 183350)