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Lophiohippus yunnanensis

Osteichthyes - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Lophialetes yunnanensis was named by Huang and Qi (1982). Its type specimen is IVPP V6508, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lumeiyi Village, which is in an Eocene terrestrial horizon in the Lumeiyi Formation of China. It is the type species of Lophiohippus.

It was recombined as Lophiohippus yunnanensis by Bai (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1982Lophialetes yunnanensis Huang and Qi
2017Lophiohippus yunnanensis Bai

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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
—Panperissodactyla
superorderPerissodactylamorpha
orderPerissodactyla()
superfamilyEquoidea
familyPalaeotheriidaeBonaparte 1850
subfamilyPachynolophinaePaulow 1877
tribeAnchilophini
genusLophiohippus
speciesyunnanensis()

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.

†Lophiohippus yunnanensis Huang and Qi 1982
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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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Benton 1996

Age range: Middle Eocene or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71China (Yunnan) Lophialetes yunnanensis (type locality: 174964)