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Metanchilophus castrensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Metanchilophus castrensis was named by Remy (2012). Its type specimen is FMO MOI-02, a maxilla (right maxilla with P2/-M3/), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Molinier, which is in a Bartonian terrestrial horizon in the Castrais Formation of France.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2012Metanchilophus castrensis 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
subfamilyPachynolophinaePaulow 1877
genusMetanchilophus
speciescastrensis

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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: frugivoref
Diet 2: folivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 05:07:24
Modified: 2005-09-01 08:24:50
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Benton 1996

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Metanchilophus castrensis (31736 183350)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Occitanie) Metanchilophus castrensis (type locality: 184213)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Anchilophus dumasi (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland Metanchilophus castrensis (31742)