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Litovoi tholocephalos

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Kogaionidae

Taxonomy
Litovoi tholocephalos was named by Csiki-Sava et al. (2018). Its type specimen is LPB (FGGUB) M.1700, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pui "multi-bed" level, which is in a Maastrichtian floodplain mudstone in Romania. It is the type species of Litovoi.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2018Litovoi tholocephalos Csiki-Sava et al.

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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
RankNameAuthor
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
familyKogaionidaeRâdulescu and Samson 1996
genusLitovoi
speciestholocephalos

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.

Litovoi tholocephalos Csiki-Sava et al. 2018
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) Litovoi tholocephalos (type locality: 193675)