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Leptolophus magnus

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Leptolophus magnus was named by Remy (1998). Its type specimen is NMB Rb-312, a maxilla, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Robiac-Nord, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Leptolophus magnus 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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—Laurasiatheria
—Scrotifera
—Euungulata
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
genusLeptolophusRemy 1965
speciesmagnusRemy 1998

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.

†Leptolophus magnus Remy 1998
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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 02:18:13
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:12:05
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Legendre 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

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) Leptolophus magnus (type locality: 31736 183350)