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Lophocion grangeri

Mammalia - Phenacodontidae

Taxonomy
Lophocion grangeri was named by Bai et al. (2019). Its type specimen is AMNH FM 16060, a maxilla (right maxilla with P4-M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Head of the Big Sand Coulee, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in the Willwood Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Lophocion grangeri Bai 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
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
Laurasiatheria
Scrotifera
Euungulata
Panperissodactyla
Phenacodonta
familyPhenacodontidaeCope 1881
genusLophocion
speciesgrangeri

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.

Lophocion grangeri Bai et al. 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 14:04:22
Modified: 2011-04-24 18:24:26
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Archibald 1998, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Clarkforkian or 56.20000 to 54.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Clarkforkian56.2 - 54.9USA (Wyoming) Lophocion grangeri (type locality: 203361)