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Plagiolophus curtisi creechensis

Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

Taxonomy
Plagiolophus curtisi creechensis was named by Hooker (1986). Its type specimen is BMNH M36181, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Plagiolophus curtisi creechensis Hooker p. 364

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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
speciescurtisi
subspeciescreechensis

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, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available